THOMSON, John Edward
| Service Number: | 771 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps |
| Born: | Edinburgh, England, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | England |
| Occupation: | Lintype Operator - Sydney Morning Herald |
| Memorials: | Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 771, 4th Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 771, 4th Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Te Anau embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 20 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 771, 4th Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, SS Te Anau, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Only son of Mrs. John Thomson of Aberdeen. John was born in Edinburgh in 1882 and arrived in Australia in 1908. He entered the service of The Sydney Morning Herald two years later, being engaged in the lynotype department.
Enlisting in August 1915, he was sent with reinforcements to Rabaul, where he remained till June, 1916. In December of that year he left for France with the 1st Machine Gun Company, and saw much fighting, taking part in the operations at bullecourt, Passchendaele and Strezeele. He was actively engaged during the German offensive of 1918, and the subsequent Allied advance, remaining on service till practically the end. He returned to Australia in May 1919.
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