Archie Campbell THOMPSON

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THOMPSON, Archie Campbell

Service Number:	400400
Enlisted:	20 August 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Birchip, Victoria, Australia, 22 September 1918
Home Town:	Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Northern Territory, Australia, 21 July 1944, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT D.A.9., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide River 31 Beaufighter Squadron Memorial Plaque, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Cricket Club WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 400400
20 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), Aircrew Training Units
20 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400400, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)
21 Jul 1944:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, No. 31 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Archibald and Margaret Alice Thompson

Husband of Joan Thompson of Melbourne, Victoria

Flight Lieutenant Archie Campbell Thompson 400400 was the only casualty when Beaufighter A19-143 of Number 31 Squadron RAAF crashed due to an engine failure on take-off at Pell Field

Other crew injured were Flying Officer David Bryan Frith Strachan 401862 & Flight Sergeant Ian Hickson 424412

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