Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 01/01/1918
- Date of Discharge
- 26/07/1919
- Place of Enlistment
- Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 18/10/1895
- Place of Birth
- Albury NSW
- Address (at enlistment)
- Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
- Occupation
- Soldier
- Next of Kin
- H. Thompson (mother), Daysdale near Corowa NSW
Unit and Rank Details
- Final Rank
- Lieutenant
- Final Unit
- 1 Siege Battery, 36 Heavy Artillery Brigade AIF
Notes
Thompson entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon on 12 March 1914 and graduated on 31 December 1917. He was appointed a Lieutenant the following day and left Australia with a Special Draft of RMC graduates, disembarking in Liverpool in April 1918. He served in France from October 1918 with the 1st Siege Battery, 36th Heavy Artillery Brigade. In July 1919 he resigned his commission to serve with the British Army for a year. In World War 2 he served in Darwin.
Sources
Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)