Edgar George THOMPSON MID, MC, MID

THOMPSON, Edgar George

    Service Number: 1928
    Enlisted: 27 August 1914, 40th AFA
    Last Rank: Warrant Officer Class 1
    Last Unit: Australian Army Ordnance Corps
    Born: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, November 1893
    Home Town: Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Fitter
    Died: Car accident, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 5 October 1931
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    27 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Wheeler Sergeant, 1928, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , 40th AFA
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement 1928, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked 1928, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Geelong, Hobart
    31 Dec 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
    24 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
    29 Jun 1917: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 29890 (2 January 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 103 (29 June 1917).
    27 Nov 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 1928, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, Belgian Croix de Guerre
    12 Feb 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, Australian Army Ordnance Corps
    18 Apr 1918: Honoured Military Cross, Third Ypres, Gallant work, often under fire up to 30/9/1917 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 18 April 1918 on page 847 at position 129
    23 May 1918: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31089 (31 December 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 (23 May 1919).
    21 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 1, 1928, Australian Army Ordnance Corps, 6th MD

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    Biography contributed by Evan Evans

    From the late Sue Guinan
     
    WO 1st Class, EDGAR GEORGE THOMPSON, MC
    A 20 year old fitter the son of Louis Edgar and Ada Martha Thompson (nee Braxton) of the electric power station Launceston he served with the Australian Army Ordnance Corps and attained the rank of warrant officer. He returned to Australia 23rd October 1918 but sadly died 5th October 1931. He was mentioned in despatches and also received the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre (Belgium).

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