Lawrence THOMPSON

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THOMPSON, Lawrence

Service Number:	2090
Enlisted:	1 March 1915, Korumburra, Vic.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Outtrim, South Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Coal Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 June 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

1 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2090, 5th Infantry Battalion, Korumburra, Vic.
8 Jun 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2090, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2090 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-08

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Lawrence Greno Thompson and Ruth Thompson, of Outtrim, Victoria.

News was received on Friday by Mrs. Peters, wife of Mr. W. Peters, who is in the employ of Cr. F.W. Fair, coachbuilder, Fryers Street, that her brother, Lance-Corporal Lawrence Thompson had been killed in action in France. Mrs. Peters left the same day to join her mother at Fern Tree Gully. The family was formerly resident in Outrim, and is related to the Oswald family of Shepparton.

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