THOMPSON, Robert James
| Service Number: | 554 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 24 May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Cooks Hill, Newcastle West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith's labourer |
| Died: | Double pneumonia, Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 4 January 1932, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-115. 58 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 554, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 554, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 554, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 21 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 554, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW to right thigh & shoulder | |
| 5 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 554, 30th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, SW Back | |
| 3 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 554, 30th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD - returned from England with wife Sarah |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Another Returned Digger from The Great War resting in an unmarked grave at Sandgate Cemetery.
Private Robert James Thompson, 30th Battalion (Reg No-554), blacksmith's labourer and gas employee from Bruce Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales and 65 King's Street, Adamstown, N.S.W., father of three, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 39. ANGLICAN 2-115. 58.
Born at East Maitland, New South Wales on the 24th May 1892 to Robert James and Martha Matilda Thompson nee Warby of Lambton Road, Lambton, New South Wales; husband of Sarah Margaret Thompson nee Edwards (married 28.2.1919 at Sydenham Chapel, Dartmouth Road, Forest Hill, United Kingdom, died?), Robert enlisted July 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 3.11.1916 (myalgia).
Wounded in action - 20.7.1916 (GSW right thigh, right shoulder, mild, Battle of Fromelles), 29.9.1918 (GSW back).
Returned home August 1919 with wife Sarah.
Name not located inscribed on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
Many thanks to Mr. Thompson's Granddaughter Naldzz Baxx for the notification and photos.
I placed a cross at Robert’s unmarked grave July 2021, and also submitted an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip, and this was accepted August 2021.
Lest We Forget.
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