THOMPSON, Frederick
| Service Number: | 450 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Copperfield, Clermont, Queensland Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Aramac, Barcaldine, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman, Soldier |
| Died: | Died in Collinsville Hospital from injuries received when gored by a bull, Collinsville, Queensland, Australia, 6 May 1940 |
| Cemetery: |
Collinsville Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Monumental Section, Grave 186 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 450, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 450, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 450, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 116, notes returned to Australia aboard Manchester Merchant arriving Brisbane 5 May 1902, discharged 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Full name Frederick Norman Thompson.
He served in both the South African (Boer) war and WW1. His first service was as a Private S.N. 450, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer war. His second service was as a Corporal S.N. 84, 11th Light Horse Regiment, AIF, WW1. He enlisted on both occasions under the name Frederick Thompson.
When he enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father W. F. Thompson, Aramac. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 116, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. F. Thompson, Aramac. His father was a well known buisness man in the Aramac district and at the time was running a general store in Aramac.
He enlisted again in 1915 for WW1 and on his Attestation Paper, dated 6 Jan 1915, it is noted that; he was born at Clermont and was 31 years 3 months old; he was single and a Stockman; his N.O.K. was his father W. Thompson, Queens Rd., Townsville; and he had previously served in South Africa with the 5th QIB.
Frederick Norman Thompson was born about 1881 at Coperfield, Clermont, Queensland, a son to William Frost Thompson and Mary Frances Thompson (nee Duggan). When he passed in May 1940 an obituary published in the Townsville Daily Bulletin noted he was born at Coperfield, Clermont and was 59 years of age.
He married Georgina Annie Cooley on 8 Apr 1921 in Queensland and they had 6 children. After his WW1 service and marriage he continued to work as a stockman. He was working on a cattle station near Collinsville in 1940 when during a muster he was badly gored by a bull. He was taken to the Collinsville hospital but passed away from the injuries on 6 May 1940.
(source- AWM Bore War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 116; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record; Obituary- Townsville Daily Bulletin, 28 Jun 1940).
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