THOMPSON, Norman James
| Service Number: | SX12354 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1941, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Streaky Bay, South Australia, 4 July 1918 |
| Home Town: | Haslam, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Buna, Papua, 29 December 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Streaky Bay and District Roll of Honour WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 24 Apr 1941: | Involvement Corporal, SX12354, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 24 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX12354, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Keith Harrison
Following Norman Thompson's death his Company Commander wrote to his family, "Norm was a real friend besides being one of my most efficient NCOs - he at all times set a fine example to his men and they would follow him anywhere. Your son was killed in the final attack my company made - he had been with us all the way up the Old Buna Strip - a task of fighting and enduring the terrific heat all day with little or no rest at night. After enduring so much for ten days and then to be killed on our last attack was indeed a cruel blow. Norm was buried where he fell and where he so valiantly gave his life for his country."
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