James Bruce THOMPSON

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Service Number:	2915
Enlisted:	31 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 12 May 1885
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

31 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2915, 9th Infantry Battalion
1 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2915, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
1 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2915, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 2915, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2915 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-07

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His younger brother, 8169A Pte. Clarence Thompson M.M. 5th Field Ambulance AIF, returned to Australia, 12 June 1919.