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THOMPSON, Clive Wentworth

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	3 September 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	14th Field Ambulance
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 21 September 1882
Home Town:	Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	All Saints' College, University of Sydney medical school, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Medical Doctor, Surgeon, captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps
Died:	Natural Causes, Hamilton, Newcastle - New South Wales, Australia, 26 March 1941, aged 58 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Died in the Masonic Hospital, Ashfield, Sydney, cremated at Rookwood with Presbyterian forms
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World War 1 Service

3 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Army Medical Corps (AIF)
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Honoured Military Cross, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, "Best remembered as the medical officer who warned Major General Sir William Throsby Bridges to be careful, and who then skilfully treated and evacuated the mortally wounded general, he repeatedly undertook many dangerous tasks and was awarded the Military Cross for his Gallipoli service. A non-commissioned officer wrote: 'I never saw a man go about his work so coolly as he did … helping wounded men under a withering shrapnel fire'."
15 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Major, 14th Field Ambulance, In command of this unit till end of WWI.
19 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 14th Field Ambulance
25 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 14th Field Ambulance, Polygon Wood, SWs back
22 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 14th Field Ambulance, 2nd MD
15 Sep 1919:	Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, For period 1. April 5th to June 2nd, Corbie; 2. June 16th to July 31st Morlancourt; 3. September 29th to October 2nd, Hindinburg Line 'He showed great gallantry, initiative and organizing ability throughout this trying period. He regularly visited all advanced medical posts, and by his tact and courage and experience was instrumental in coordinating the medical arrangements of his own (Division) and the American Division operating with us'.
30 Oct 1919:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches

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