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Stanley George Thompson

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Stan Thompson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Stanley George AWMM
  • Surname
    Thompson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 446144 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 October 1922 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    • October 9th 1923 Public - Peter Stanley - Child - 20 April 2016 - Family Papers, Marriage License, etc.
    • October 9 1922 Public - Mary Helen - Child - 5 September 2020 - Family history and confirmed by the book "Thompson Family" a history of the Thompson family
  • Place of birth
    • Balclutha, Otago Public - Peter Stanley - Child - 20 April 2016 - Family Papers, Marriage License, etc.
    • Kaitangata, South Otago Public - Mary Helen - Child - 5 September 2020 - Family history and confirmed by the book "Thompson Family" a history of the Thompson family
  • Birth notes
    • Elder sibling Dorothy "Dot" THOMPSON Public - Peter Stanley - Child - 20 April 2016 - Family Papers, Marriage License, etc.
    • Younger sibling of Eva Margaret Thompson
      Elder sibling of Dorothy Grace Thompson ( Dot) Public - Mary Helen - Child - 5 September 2020 - Family history and confirmed by the book "Thompson Family" a history of the Thompson family
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Fitter Turner and Dye Caster at Addington Workshops Chch
    Trained as Primary School Teacher 1953 Public - Mary Helen - Child - 5 September 2020 - Family knowledge & my memory as a young child.
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Dorothy Margaret Thompson Public - Mary Helen - Child - 5 September 2020 - Family history
  • Relationship status
    Married Leonie mary Lewin 25 May 1946 Public - Mary Helen - Child - 5 September 2020 - Family history and confirmed by the book "Thompson Family" a history of the Thompson family

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 446144 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Private AWMM

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Leonie; father of Stephen, Royden, Mary, Julie, Peter, Chris, Wendy AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 January 2005 AWMM
    Age 82 AWMM
    Tairua, Coromandel District AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Tairua Cemetery, Main Road, Tairua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, January 2005 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Thinking about you today, Poppa, as dad & I are talking about different tartan patters. I miss you & Nanna so very much, and wish you could have gotten to meet your wonderful great-granddaughters; Tula reminds me so much of you. <3
    Public - Cyri - Direct descendant - 30 August 2023
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  • I can't comprehend the suffering & sacrifice you experienced, I can only lovingly respect & remember you always. Miss the best dad & life skill teacher I could have wished for. Xx
    Public - Julie - Child - 6 January 2017
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  • Miss you Poppa x so great full to have had you in my life to teach me and make me become the man I am today . Thank you x
    Public - Daniel Stanley - Direct descendant - 19 April 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 192 AWMM
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
30 August 2023CyriDutch Harbor, USADirect descendant
05 September 2020Mary Helen ChristchurchChild
06 January 2017JulieRoyston, EnglandChild
20 April 2016Peter Stanley Laguna hillsChild
19 April 2016Daniel Stanley Auckland nzDirect descendant

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