Territory Stories

Joseph Thompson

Details:

Title

Joseph Thompson,

Name

Joseph Thompson,

Also known as

Thompson, Joseph Silvester Vinson,

Collection

Fallen ANZACs, Territory ANZACs, First World War, 1914-1918,

Place of birth

Manilla (N.S.W.),

Date of enlistment

1915-07-09,

Age

31,

Occupation

Police constable,

Service

Australian Imperial Force,

Unit

9th Battalion,

Rank

Corporal,

Service number

2883A,

Next of kin

Margaret Elizabeth Thompson - Mother ; Sandringham, Barraba, N.S.W.,

Date of death

1916-07-22,

Place of death

France,

Memorial

Villers-Bretonneux (France),

Biographical notes

He was the third and youngest son of four children born to Henry John and Margaret Elizabeth (nee Hagan). His Cousins, Albert , John and Herbert Hagan and Fred Smith all killed in action or died of disease.,

History

Enlisted on the 9th July 1915 in 25th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement. His unit embarked from Brisbane on board HMAT A48 'Seang Bee' on 21 October 1915. Promoted to Corporal and transferred to the 9th Battalion on the 17th March 1916. He was killed in action near Pozieres 22 July 1916.,

Subject

Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, History, World War, 1914-1918, Northern Territory, ANZAC,

Related links

http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=1834667&I=1&SE=1, http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1068841--212-.PDF, http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067578%5CRCDIG1067578--64-.JPG, http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1552113/, http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/26/, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16353818, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8475888, http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8470446, http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/villers-bretonneux/visiting-villers-bretonneux.php, http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1452405/THOMPSON,%20JOSEPH%20SYLVESTER%20VINSON, http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1552113/ [Nominal Roll], http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1068841--212-.PDF [Roll of Honour], http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067578%5CRCDIG1067578--64-.JPG [Embarkation Roll - HMAT A48 'Seang Bee'], http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8470446 [Campaigning with the fighting 9th (in and out of the line with the 9BN A.I.F.) 1914-1919 by C.M. Wrench. Brisbane : Boolarong Publications for 9th Battalions Association, 1985.], http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/villers-bretonneux/visiting-villers-bretonneux.php [Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux (France)], http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=1834667&I=1&SE=1 [Service Record], http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8475888 [From Anzac to the Hindenburg Line : the history of the 9th Battalion, A.I.F. by Norman K. Harvey. Uckfield, East Essex, U.K. : The Naval & Military Press in association with Imperial War Museum, 2009], http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16353818 [Black over Blue : The 25th Battalion, AIF at War, 1915-1918 by Bob Doneley. Toowoomba, Qld. : USQ Press, 1997.], http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/26/ [Unit War diary], http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1452405/THOMPSON,%20JOSEPH%20SYLVESTER%20VINSON [Commonwealth War Graves - Villers-Bretonneux Memorial - Joseph Sylvester Vinson Thompson],

Parent handle

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/214506,