Harry Nash (Nash) THOMPSON

THOMPSON, Harry Nash

Service Numbers: 1800, N102473
Enlisted: 4 June 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 31 Garrison Battalion (NSW)
Born: Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, 12 February 1889
Home Town: Woolomin, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Horse trainer
Died: Natural causes, Randwick City, New South Wales, Australia, 9 February 1966, aged 76 years
Cemetery: Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW
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World War 1 Service

4 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1800, Liverpool, New South Wales
20 Dec 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1800, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1800, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
14 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1800, 7th Light Horse Regiment

World War 2 Service

7 Apr 1941: Enlisted Private, N102473, 11 Garrison Battalion (NSW), Newcastle, New South Wales
7 Apr 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, N102473
1 Dec 1941: Promoted Corporal, 11 Garrison Battalion (NSW)
1 Aug 1942: Promoted Lance Sergeant, 31 Garrison Battalion (NSW)
1 Apr 1943: Promoted Sergeant, 31 Garrison Battalion (NSW)
31 Oct 1945: Discharged Sergeant, N102473, 31 Garrison Battalion (NSW)

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Biography

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Biography contributed by Corrie Thompson

Harry was born 12 February 1889, the son of Henry Thompson and "Minnie" Dove, at Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, where they were visiting at the time. After the death of his father, in February 1892, he and his mother traveled to Australia, and settled in Gunnedah, New South Wales, where he met his future wife, Annie. On April 6, 1915, at age 26, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, to fight in World War 1. On July 4th 1941, at 50 years of age, he enlisted in the fight of World War 2.

Biography contributed by Corrie Thompson

Sergeant Harry Nash Thompson Nash enlisted 4 Jun 1915 3 weeks after George at Liverpool depot in Sydney joining the Light Horse as a Trooper as he would go on to rise to the rank of Sergeant as The 7th Light Horse became responsible for a sector on the far right of the ANZAC line, and played a defensive role until it finally left the peninsula on 20 December 1915. With the fall of Gaza on 7 November 1917, the Turkish position in southern Palestine collapsed. The 7th was involved in the pursuit that followed and led to the capture of Jerusalem in December. The focus of British operations then moved to the Jordan Valley. In early 1918 the 7th was involved in the Amman (24-27 February) and Es Salt (30 April-4 May) raids and helped defeat a joint Turkish-German attack launched on the Jordan bridgehead around Musallabeh on 14 July. The next major British offensive was launched along the coast in September 1918, and the 7th took part in a subsidiary effort east of the Jordan. It was part of the force that captured Amman on 25 September, which proved to be its last major engagement of the war; Turkey surrendered on 30 October 1918.
The 7th Light Horse was employed one last time to assist in putting down the Egyptian revolt of early 1919, and sailed for home on 28 June and returned home 14 Jun 1919 when was discharged as last post as the position as Sergeant of the 7th Light Horse Regiment
After returning from the war in 1919 his wife an indigenous woman Annie Foster of the Purcell mob settled in Boggabilla NSW then moving to Narrabri NSW.
World War 2 Sergeant Harry Nash Thompson enlisted as a private in the 11 Garrison Battalion (NSW), Newcastle, New South Wales at the age of 50 years old on 31 Oct 1945 Nash was Sergeant of the 31 Garrison Battalions were part of the Australian 'Army Reserve' within the CMF Militia structure for Homeland Defense with the role of manning fixed defenses and vulnerable points. The personnel were Class B men, those between 48 and 55 who had seen war service before September 1939, therefore mostly WW1 veterans as Prisoner-of-War and Internment Camp units were part of the Garrison Battalion organisation but were on a special establishment where they need for prior war service was waived. From early on some battalions had adopted a secondary title indicating their specific role, such as (Internal Security). In 1942 this was formalised and most battalions were given an appropriate secondary title. Initially, all Garrison Battalions wore the same shoulder patch, a black square on a green square.
Harry Nash died on 9 Feb 1966 in Sydney and is buried at Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park Matraville, Randwick City, New South Wales, Australia plot number A5C - Anglican FM 5C, Position 1750C.
Annie Thompson is buried at Tamworth City Cemetry in Tamworth NSW in an unmarked grave number CC18.
(Last time I was in Tamworth i marked Annie, dad and mum grave).

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