THOMPSON, Colin
| Service Number: | 5633 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, April 1884 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hamilton Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | War related - Tuberculosis, Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 22 May 1922 |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 16 NE. 16. |
| Memorials: | Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5633, Tunnelling Companies | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5633, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5633, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 28 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5633, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), 2nd MD, TB | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Sapper, 5633, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Sapper, 5633, Tunnelling Companies |
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Gary Mitchell, Australia and New Zealand in WWI
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
98 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 24th May 1922, Sapper Colin Thompson, (also known as Scalo), 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, miner from 42 Railway Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales and Rhondda, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 38. METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 16 NE. 16.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139341910
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales about 1884 to Francis and Mary Thompson; husband of ?, Colin enlisted May 1916 with the Tunnelling Companies Reinforcements at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 13.8.1917 (emphysema and chronic bronchitis – incorrectly reported as shell shock - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138747258), Colin returned home January 1918 and was medically discharged February 1918 suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
His name has been inscribed on the Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor.
Lest We Forget.
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