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THOMSON, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2728 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Fetterangus, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand-motor driver |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 17 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium Grave VI. B. 1., The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2728, 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2728, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 17 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 2728, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2728 awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-17 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 25 and the son of Alexander and Isabella Thomson, of Brownhill, Kininmouth, Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
The village of his birth, Fetterangus (Scottish Gaelic: Fothair Aonghais, Scots: Fishie) which was in Banffshire until 1891, is a small village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located just to the north of Mintlaw.
He is commemorated on the Peterhead War Memorial; one of six Australian Great War casualties remembered there.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Wounded many times [GSW]
He is also commemorated on the Fetterangus War Memorial in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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