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THOMPSON, Cyril Weller
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1183, 1123 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 1893, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Inglewood, Loddon, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bootmaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inglewood War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1183, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1183, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 10 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1123, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1123 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-10 |
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Cyril was one of 4 brothers of the Thompson family in Inglewood, Victoria to enlist in WW1, 2 were killed in acton, 1 vanished after the war and only 1 returned home wounded from the war. Cyril was the local bootmaker and was unmarried. He was 23 years old when killed at Lone Pine.