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THOMSON, Robert Hume
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3992 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Northumberland, United Kingdom., 1877 |
| Home Town: | Osborne Park, Stirling, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 24 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux INSCRIPTION "THOUGH DEATH DIVIDES FOND MEMORY CLINGS" He is known to be interred in this cemetery but as the precise location is unknown, he is commemorated by Special Memorial 2. , Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 3992, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 3992, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1877 Thomson Robert Hume Glendale 10b 401
[The CWGC record states that he was born in Scotland but this is not so-see also his attestation papers.]
He was 40 and the husband of Margaret Lawson Thomson, of Edward St., Osborne Park, Perth, Western Australia.His widow subsequently lived in 7 George Street, Leith, Scotland.
He is shown as R.T. Thomson on the Jedburgh War Memorial.
He is one of 3 Australian soldiers of the Great War, named Thomson, who are honoured on the Jedburgh War Memorial.
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