Andrew Jamieson THOMPSON

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THOMPSON, Andrew Jamieson

Service Numbers:	84, 1012, 3285
Enlisted:	14 September 1914, Morphettville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia , 23 April 1875
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Surveyor's Chainman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 41 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known Grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Trooper, 84, 4th Imperial Bushmen

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1012, 10th Infantry Battalion, Morphettville, SA
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1012, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1012, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
5 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3285, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3285 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-05

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Andrew Jamieson THOMPSON was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 23rd April, 1875

His parents were Walter THOMPSON & Elizabeth JAMIESON

He married Edith Maud ROGERS in South Australia on 29th June, 1896 in St Lukes Church in Adelaide - one known child Cyril Tennyson THOMPSON born 1902 who died at 11 days old

Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Enlisted AIF 5 September 1914, original member of H Company 10th Battalion, later 27th Battalion, killed in action 5 November 1916.

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