Fairfield Thompson

Forenames

Fairfield AWMM

Surname

Thompson AWMM

Also known as

Fairfield Thompson AWMM

Service number

WWI 39499 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

14 May 1885

Public - tely - Researcher - 9 September 2024 - NZBDM

Place of birth

Feilding, New Zealand

Public - tely - Researcher - 9 September 2024 - Family Papers

Next of kin

• Mrs M.C. Thompson (wife), 251 Ormond Road, Whataupoko, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
• Wife: Maude Caroline ( nee McKay)
  Parents : Elizabeth & Fairfield Thompson
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Relationship status

Married with two Daughters

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 39499 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Feb 1917-02 May 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 77 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

Fairfield Thompson was a native of Feilding, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs M. C. Thompson, Ormond Rd, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

7 Oct 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Oxford Road Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM I. E. 7. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7825501
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/439501/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/439501
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  55: 30
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 77 S.S. Mokoia - The nomad : unofficial organ of E., F. & G. Co...Z.E.F. (Troopship 77 (S.S. Mokoia) -- Souvenir edition -- Cape Town : 22nd Reinforcement Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : 1917