Lindsay Harold THOMPSON MM

THOMPSON, Lindsay Harold

    Service Numbers: 18753, Officer
    Enlisted: 20 December 1915, Place of enlistment - Sydney, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 6th Medium Trench Mortar Battery
    Born: Cootamundra, New South Wales, 1893
    Home Town: Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Stock and Station Agent
    Died: Aircraft accident, Southern New South Wales, 19 March 1943
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    20 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 18753, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Place of enlistment - Sydney, New South Wales
    11 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Bombardier, 18753, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Embarked on HMAT 'A8' Argyllshire from Sydney on 11th May 1916, disembarking Devonport, England on 10th July 1916.
    15 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Bombardier, 3rd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries
    17 Oct 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries
    28 Nov 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 18753, 3rd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, Proceeded to France
    23 Dec 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries
    21 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column
    16 Aug 1917: Honoured Military Medal, Sergeant Lindsay Harold THOMPSON
    'At PLOEGSTEERT from 31-5-17 to 2-6-17, this N.C.O. was deployed with his Battery on wire cutting. The enemy shelled the position heavily and continuously, but this N.C.O., by his example and disregard for personal safety, set a fine example to his comrades. I consider that it was largely owing to his efforts that the guns of the Battery were kept in action, and that their tasks were so effectively carried out. Sergt. THOMPSON has previously done fine work on several occasions.'

    Brigadier-General
    Commanding 3rd Aust, Field Artillery
    3 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Medium Trench Mortar Battery, Attended No. 1 R.A. Officer Cadet School in England from 3rd September 1917, qualifying on 13th February 1918.
    3 Mar 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 3rd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, Proceeded to France from Southampton.
    8 Mar 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Medium Trench Mortar Battery
    27 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Detached for duty from 6th Medium Trench Mortar Battery to 7th Field Artillery Brigade, rejoining unit 29th May 1918.
    13 May 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Medium Trench Mortar Battery
    15 Sep 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Detached for duty from 6th Medium Trench Mortar Battery to 7th Field Artillery Brigade, rejoining unit 28th September 1918.
    16 May 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 6th Medium Trench Mortar Battery, Embarked for return to Australia on HMT Borda from England on 16th May 1919, disembarking Melbourne on 27th June 1919.
    14 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 6th Medium Trench Mortar Battery

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    On 19 March 1943 Thompson was killed when the aircraft he was piloting colided with another plane during a training exercise in Southern New South Wales.

    Source : LH Thompson, World War One Bombardier 2020, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, accessed 21 November 2020, <https://ma.as/459966>

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