THOMPSON, Peter Horwood Arthur
| Service Number: | 400845 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 November 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 14 September 1917 |
| Home Town: | Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Timor, 31 March 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 400845 | |
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| 9 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 400845 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
The book "Highest Traditions - the history of 2 Squadron RAAF" by John Bennett has a chapter titled 'Penfoei Pedestrians' which covers the experiences of the volunteers that stayed behind when the last of the aircraft departed on 19 February 1942
A combination of RAAF personnel, a RAN officer and some AIF men was rescued by a USN Submarine some two months later (17 & 18 April 1942)
In that time four men succumbed to various illnesses
Pilot Officer Peter Horwood Arthur Thompson 400845
Corporal Roy Ernest Andrews 18533
AC James Albert Graham 35933
Private Clement Clements TX4036 AIF who died on the 8th of April from snake-bite.