Albert David TOMPKINS

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TOMPKINS, Albert David

Service Numbers:	QX5043, QX5043
Enlisted:	22 October 1939
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 19 March 1916
Home Town:	Goomboorian, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland
Schooling:	Cootharaba Road State School via Gympie, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Died of wounds, Papua, 22 December 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 6. Row B. Grave 27. Inscription: "HE DIED AS HE LIVED, A FRIEND TO ALL. SADLY MISSED. R.I.P.".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goomboorian & District WW2 Roll of Honour, Gympie WW2

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, QX5043
22 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX5043, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
22 Oct 1939:	Enlisted
5 May 1940:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX5043, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, embarked Sydney for Gourock, Scotland
16 Nov 1940:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX5043, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, embarked Glasgow for Middle East
12 Feb 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX5043, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, embarked Middle East for Melbourne via Bombay on board SS Nieu Amsterdam
7 Aug 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX5043, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, embarked Brisbane for New Guinea
22 Dec 1942:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Youngest of four brothers (Osmond, Jon and Bob) who served in WWII, Private Albert David Tompkins (Service No:QX5043) enlisted in the AIF on 22 October 1939, and was attached to 2/9 Infantry Battalion on 5 May 1940 when he embarked with his Unit from Sydney for Gourock, Scotland. Private Tompkins then served in the Middle East (16 November 1940 - 12 February 1942) before embarking from Brisbane for New Guinea on 7 August 1942. Private Tompkins was attached to 2/9 Infantry Battalion on 22 December 1942 when he 'Died of Wounds' (NAA).

Albert was born in Gympie, QLD in 1916, seventh of ten children of Osmond (Os) Tompkins (b1879 in Maryborough, QLD) and Caroline Ann Jones (b1883 in Glamorgan, Wales) - Caroline immigrated with her parents and siblings in 1888, arriving in Maryborough on board the Dorunda. Os worked as a Labourer (licensed to cut firewood), and in 1901 he and Caroline married in Gympie, where they settled and raised their family and Os worked as a Labourer/Timbergetter.

Albert was working at Goomboorian via Gympie in 1939 when he enlisted in the Army.

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