Clarence Dornford Thompson
Born 24 Aug 1890 - Died 23 Oct 1915
- Service number
- WWI 3/38 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Clarence Dornford AWMM
- Surname
- Thompson AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 3/38 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 24 Aug 1890 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM 36 Thompson Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- H.P. Thompson (father), Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Samoa AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 3/38 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 HMNZT 1 or HMNZT 2 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki or Monowai AWMM Private AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM
- WW1 Marama 21 May 1915 AWMM Vessel was HMHS Marama AWMM New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital, France AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Drowned AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Clarence Thompson was the son of Henry Plinck Thompson and Charlotte Henrietta Thompson, of Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand.
One of twenty nine crew and 182 troops lost on the torpedoed Marquette 23 October 1915
Ship name "Marama" from The Evening Post, May 23, 1915 listing the nurses and officers on the passenger list. Transfer to Moldavia. The Marquette was a British Merchant ship of 7,057 tons. It sank when a torpedo launched from a submarine hit it 36 miles south of Salonica Bay. Twenty nine crew and 182 troops were lost. Ten of those who died were New Zealand nurses who had been working at No.1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital in Port Said in October 1915 when they were ordered to prepare to go to Lemnos. The hospital was to be set up there to care for casualties being brought back from the Dardanelles. The Transport Ship Marquette took on board officers and men of the New Zealand Medical Corps, 36 New Zealand Army Nursing Staff, 610 officers and men of 29th Divisional Ammunition Column , 541 mules and some ammunition in mid October sailed for Salonika. The French torpedo destroyer Tirailleur joined the convoy on 22 October which gave credence to the idea that there was a real danger of being attacked by German submarines in the Mediterranean. The torpedo destroyer left the convoy on 22 October and at 9.15 am on 23 October the Marquette was hit by a torpedo on the starboard side and began to list. Within about 15 minutes she had sunk. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 23 Oct 1915 AWMM
Age 25 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Accidental Death AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Mikra Memorial, Greece AWMM
- Upper Moutere War Memorial, (moved), Tasman District, New Zealand AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7825461
Further Reference - Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Upper Moutere War Memorial 1986, 2011.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/moutere-war-memorial-obelisk
Further Reference - Office of the Auditor-General. (2014). From auditor to soldier: stories of the men who served. Wellington, N.Z: Office of the Auditor-General.
http://www.oag.govt.nz/2014/ww1/docs/ww1.pdf
Further Reference - Clarence Dornford Thompson
http://www.oag.govt.nz/2014/ww1/thompson
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1648122/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1648122
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 721 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 1: Includes portrait - Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Carbery, A.R.D. (1924). The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914-1918 : based on official documents. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- HMNZT 1. Pull-thro' : with which is incorporated The Noumea nightmare, the Suva sendoff, and Samoa sun : the unofficial organ of the Advance Party of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, Apia, Samoa. [Apia, Samoa] : Literary Committee of the Advance Party of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1914-
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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