Robert William Thompson

Forenames

Robert William AWMM

Surname

Thompson AWMM

Also known as

Robert William Thomson AWMM

Service number

• South African 2302 AWMM
• South African 5126 AWMM
• WWI 26013 AWMM
• WWI 26013 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

1878

Public - Gavin John - Direct descendant - 16 September 2020 - Birth records

Place of birth

Hokitika

Public - Gavin John - Direct descendant - 16 September 2020 - Birth records

Address before enlistment

• South African Unknown AWMM 2 Alpha Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Pre May 1916 AWMM No 1 Harold Street, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Agnes Thompson (wife), 230 Antigua Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 27 Apr 1900 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 01 Feb 1902 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 15 Nov 1916 AWMM Married AWMM
  Married, 2 children AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• South African 2302 AWMM
• South African 5126 AWMM
• WWI 26013 AWMM
• WWI 26013 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Queen's South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 clasps) AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa Pre 31 Mar 1900 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• South Africa Pre 27 Apr 1900 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 May 1916 AWMM Warder/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa Vessel was Waimate AWMM Private AWMM 5th Contingent, 12th Company AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 5th Contingent (New Zealand Imperial Bushmen) AWMM
• South Africa Vessel was Surrey AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 8th Contingent, North Island Regiment, A Squadron AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 8th Contingent AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM
• WW1 15 Nov 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 68 or HMNZT 69 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Sergeant Major AWMM 19th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  3rd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  6 foot AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Wounded 1917 AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

• South Africa 22 Aug 1901 AWMM Private AWMM
  New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 8th Contingent AWMM
• South Africa 27 Mar 1900 AWMM Private AWMM
  New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 5th Contingent (New Zealand Imperial Bushmen) AWMM
• WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
  Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Robert Thompson was the son of the late Archibald and Eliza Thompson; husband of Agnes Thompson, of 183, Strickland St., Spreydon, Christchurch. Father of Jean Frances Thompson (b 1910) and Allen Thompson (b 1912).

Was one of ten New Zealanders picked to be bodyguard at King Edward VII's coronation.

Next of Kin: Mrs A. Thompson, Spreydon, Ch Ch (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

26 Mar 1918 AWMM
Age  38 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: The Star, 26 April 1918 AWMM

Memorial name

• Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7825719
  Further Reference
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20523798
  Further Reference
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20523816
  Further Reference

References

• Stowers, R. (2002). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902 and information on all members of the ten New Zealand contingents. Author: Hamilton, N.Z.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 4
• Christchurch Star
  Obituary: The Star, 26 April 1918
• 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.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.