Burke Westwood THOMPSON

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THOMPSON, Burke Westwood

Service Number:	1871
Enlisted:	5 February 1902
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Born:	Mount Enid Plains, Hughenden, Queensland, 28 September 1864
Home Town:	Hughenden, Flinders, Queensland
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Pasturalist
Died:	Pneumonia, Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 August 1902, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 1871
5 Feb 1902:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1871, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Burke Westwood THOMPSON was born at Mount Enid, Hughenden, Queensland in 1864

His parents were James THOMPSON & Maria nee KELLY

Thompson was the first white male child born in the district of Burke, North Queenslan, in which part his father was one of the early pioneers.

He took ill on his way home to Australia on the ship Drayton Grange and died from pneumonia in Melbourne Hospital on 8th August, 1902 a few hours after bening transferred from teh troopship Drayton Grange.

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