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THOMSON, John
(Service number 8/2160)

Private J Thomson — From" "South Canterbury Roll of Honour", published 1916 by the South Canterbury Caledonian Society. (South Canterbury Museum 17/15)

Timaru Fire Brigade memorial — Currently hangs (in 2019) inside the office foyer of the Timaru Fire Brigade office. (Courtesy of FENZ, Timaru )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	45 Stuart Street, Dunedin, New Zealand
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs A. Thomson (mother), Berry Street, Kaitangata, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	4th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Otago Infantry Battalion
Date	17 April 1915
Transport	Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Infantry Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	7 August 1915	Age
Place of Death	Gallipoli, Turkey
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Memorial Reference	Panel 11
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Son of Agnes Thomson, of Scotland

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, August 2013, CWGC.

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