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Arthur George Thompson

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Portrait of Sub Lieutenant Arthur George Thompson, Auckland Weekly News, 24 February 1943.Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19430224-18-1. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Sub Lieutenant Arthur George Thompson, Auckland Weekly News, 24 February 1943.Auckland L …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur George AWMM
  • Surname
    Thompson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII FX84623 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

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  • Birth
    13 April 1919 AWMM AWMM
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Service

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
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Biographical information

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  • Arthur Thompson was the son of the Reverend Fred Arthur and Esther May Thompson of Grey Lynn, Auckland.

    Killed whilst on a training flight, crashed into a parked plane and overturned.

    Hostilities Only (Royal New Zealand Navy List c.1921-c.1970). AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    14 January 1943 AWMM
    Kenya, Africa AWMM
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    Accidental Death AWMM
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    Mombasa (Mbaraki) Cemetery, Kenya AWMM Prot. Service Plot. Row H. Grave 57 AWMM
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Memorial

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    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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  • On saturday t April 2015 on the 100th Anniversary of our landings at Gallipoli I attended the ANZAC Day Dawn Service at the Nairobi Kenya War Gaves Cemetery, hosted by the Australian High Commissioner to East Africa. There were some 400+ in attendance from the diplomatic corps, Kenyan Government as well as expats . Acting Sub Lieutenant Arthur George THOMPSON was shown as one of the twenty three Australian & New Zealand war dead buried in Kenyan soil. As a retired naval man and a military historial & official battlefield guide of our past conflicts I took it upon myself to research the three navy types that never returned home. Two ex Royal Australian navy. The "Sub" as we ex "pusser" types refer to such young officers and two Australian Naval personnel lie in the CWGC Cemetery in Mombasa Kenya, so far from their homelands, it's so sad that their loved ones can't drop in and say hello. S
    Public - Dennis John - 5 May 2015
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Sources

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    • Allison, D. (2009). Flying Navy: The story of New Zealanders who flew in the Fleet Air Arm in World War I and World War II and the Roll of Honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland, N.Z.: Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. AWMM
      Allison, D. (2009). p114. AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Martyn, E. (1998-2008). vol. 3 p. 470 AWMM
    • Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      pp.49, 236-7, 301. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM
    • Personnel - War service - Required for RN [Royal Navy] - Fleet air arm (naval airmen) - Scheme F (Part 8), Archives New Zealand, R21465683, AAYT AWMM
    • Allison, D., Richards, R., & Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. (2009). Flying navy : the story of new zealanders who flew in the fleet air arm in world war i and world war ii and the roll of honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland [N.Z.] : Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. AWMM

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