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THOMSON, Alexander Robert
(Service number 47094)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	13/10/1891	Place of Birth	Milton

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Landsborough Road, Timaru
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Peter THOMSON (father), Landsborough Road, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	26th Reinforcements, G Company (part)
Date	9 June 1917
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From		Destination

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Stock buyer

Death

Date	16 June 1979	Age	87 years
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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Alexander Robert Thomson was the elder son of Peter and Emily (née Bradley) Thomson. Alexander attended Waikiwi School in Southland. He returned to New Zealand on the Maunganui in June 1919..In 1920 at Chalmers Church, Timaru, he married Amelia Harvie Stark. His brother George Ward Thomson also served in World War I

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [18 March 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [18 March 2018]; Timaru Herald, 16 June 1919 (Papers Past) [17 March 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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