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Reginald Thompson

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Thompson, Sergeant. Nelson Provincial Museum, Tyree Studio Collection: 94222

Thompson, Sergeant. Nelson Provincial Museum, Tyree Studio Collection: 94222

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Reginald AWMM
  • Surname
    Thompson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Reginald Ephraim AWMM
    • Reginald Thompson AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/772 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Protestant, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 January 1893 AWMM United Kingdom, Europe AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    W.D. Thompson (father), Bay View, Post-office, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/772 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Reginald Thompson was the son of Walter Douglas and Sarah Eliza Thompson, of Wakapuaka, New Zealand. Also served at Gallipoli. Born at Sheffield, New Zealand.
      On Nominal Rolls as Thompson, Reginald, next of kin as L.D. Thompson. AWMM
    • For a photograph of Sergeant Reginald E. Thompson - refer to Nelson Provincial Museum Heritage Photograph Collection : Item reference # 313551. Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 4 March 2017 - Nelson Museum Heritage Photograph Collection : Item reference # 313551.
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Death

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  • Death
    9 July 1916 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM I. D. 44. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Nelson Cenotaph, Anzac Park, Nelson Public - Peter - Researcher - 30 October 2018 - on site
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Boyack, N. (1989). Behind the lines : the lives of New Zealand soldiers in the First World War. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 722 AWMM
    • Alexander Turnbull Library holds Reginald Thompson's Diary 1914-16 on Micro MS 547. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM

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30 October 2018PeterNelsonResearcher
09 July 2017JeniferWairarapaResearcher

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