THOMSON, Stanley Bowie
(Service number 23/1305)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank | Quartermaster Sergeant |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 318 Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Unknown occupation | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs E. Austin (mother), Post-office, Dannevirke, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Samoan Advance Party 2nd Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | E Company | ||
| Date | 15 August 1914; 13 November 1915 | ||
| Transport | Moeraki or Monowai Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Apia, Samoa, Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion, 3rd | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 12 October 1917 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Ypres, Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
Stanley Thomson was the grandson of Emma Harriet Bowie, of 117 Sherbourne St., St. Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, August 2013, CWGC.
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