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THOMPSON, William Houston Low
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1438 |
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Enlisted: | 28 September 1914, Allocated to 2nd Reinforcements 7th Battalion AIF |
Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
Schooling: | Ballarat East State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Electrician |
Died: | Natural Causes, North Geelong, Victoria, Australia , 1965, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Ballarat (Old) General Cemetery Death Register with Victorian Department of BDM Reference 22982/1965 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1438, 7th Infantry Battalion, Allocated to 2nd Reinforcements 7th Battalion AIF | |
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1 Feb 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1438, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1438, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
5 Feb 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1438, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
4 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1438, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW Foot Evacuated to Malta 15 June 1915 | |
12 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, Detached to 3rd Australian General Hospital Guard Duty ex Convalescence Malta 7th December 1915 | |
6 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, Kit Stores, Transferred to Australian Kit Stores Egypt ex 3rd AGH Guard Duty | |
30 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Posted 2ASH for duty | |
8 Dec 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, AIF Depot, Transferred to HQ Depots UK Tidworth for duty and subsequent RTA | |
9 Dec 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1438, 7th Infantry Battalion, RTA from UK ex 7th Battalion Member medical unfit Heart Disease | |
23 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1438, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD medically unfit Heart Disease |
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