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THOMSON, George Ward
(Service number 49029)

Aliases
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank

Birth

Date 30/07/1894 Place of Birth Ocean Beach, Bluff

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
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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

Stock buyer

Death

Date 23 August 1959 Age 65 years
Place of Death 30A Hull Street, Oamaru (residence)
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Andersons Bay Crematorium, Dunedin; ashes interred at Oamaru
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George Ward Thomson was the younger son of Peter and Emily (née Bradley) Thomson. George attended Roslyn Bush School in Southland. His brother Alexander Robert Thomson also served in World War I, George and Alexander embarking together with the same reinforcements.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [18 March 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [18 March 2018]; Andersons Bay Crematorium, Dunedin, record (Dunedin City Council) [18 March 2018]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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