Forenames

George Tinsley AWMM

Surname

Thompson AWMM

Also known as

• Gordon Tinsley AWMM
• Gordon Tinsley AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/144 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

13 Sept 1890 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Port Albert, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

George Edward Thompson (father), Port Albert, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/144 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Sergeant AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles, 3rd Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles, 3rd Battalion AWMM

Son of George Edward and Emily (nee Shepherd) Thompson of Port Albert

Listed as Gordon Tinsley Thompson on the Nominal Roll

Next of Kin: Mr G. E. Thompson, Port Albert, Auck (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

7 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Port Albert War Memorial, WW1, Port Albert, Rodney District AWMM
• Wellsford War Memorial Library, Wellsford, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Wellsford War Memorial Library, WW1 & WW2, Wellsford, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Port Albert Public School, Port Albert Hall, Rodney, New Zealand AWMM
• 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/R7825532
  Further Reference
• Albertland & Districts Museum, Memorial Park, Wellsford, New Zealand
  http://www.albertland.co.nz/
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/680455/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680455
  Further Reference

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
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.