Bruce Cathcart THOMPSON

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THOMPSON, Bruce Cathcart

Service Number:	400299
Enlisted:	18 August 1940, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	Operational Training Units (RAAF)
Born:	Traralgon, Victoria, Australia, 3 March 1917
Home Town:	Parkdale, Kingston, Victoria
Schooling:	Mordialloc State School, Mordialloc High School
Occupation:	Clerk - Melbourne Harbour Trust Commission
Died:	Accidental, Ashwell Baldock, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 22 July 1941, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cemetery Row CC. Grave 8.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

18 Aug 1940:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 400299
18 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 400299, Operational Training Units (RAAF), Melbourne, Vic.

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Biography contributed by Mari Walker

Son of Leslie Samuel and Ethel May Thompson, of Parkdale, Victoria, Australia.

A PRECIOUS LIFE. HIS DUTY DONE

Bruce Cathcart Thompson was born on 3 March 1917 to Leslie Samuel and Ethel May Thompson, of Parkdale, Victoria, Australia. He attended Mordialloc State School from 1 January 1929 to 31 December 1930 then the Mordialloc High School from 1 January 1931 to 31 December 1932, obtaining his Intermediate certificate in December 1932.
In 1939 studied Accountancy at the Commonwealth Institute of Accountants.
Occupation was Clerk at the Melbourne Harbour Trust Commission.
Bruce enlisted on 18 August 1940 in Victoria, and left Sydney on 28 December 1940 for Canada. He spent five months in Canada serving with the RCAF until 4 May 1941, and was then sent to the UK where he served with the RAF from 5 May 1941 until he was killed in a flying accident at Ashwell Baldock, Hertfordshire, England, on 22 July 1941.

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