Jack Thompson

Forenames

Jack AWMM

Surname

Thompson AWMM

Service number

WWI 19575 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

New Zealand AWMM

Date of birth

6th September 1894 (or 1904)

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2025 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of William & Polly THOMPSON

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Address before enlistment

Pre 28 Nov 1916 AWMM 12 Drake Street, Freemans Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Tau Henare (cousin), Kawakawa, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 16 Feb 1917 AWMM Single AWMM
• Husband of Mereana Thompson of Kawakawa
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2025 - Military Record

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19575 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 28 Nov 1916 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Feb 1917-02 May 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 76 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Private AWMM 14th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 10 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  14 stone AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  February 1917 admitted to HMNZT 76 Hospital for Sea sickness AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  November 1917, injured playing football - whilst training AWMM
• Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
  Nephritis aggravated by his war service AWMM

Last rank

WW1 16 Jun 1919 AWMM
Discharged as no longer physically fit for war service on account of illness (hernia) contracted on active service AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of William and Polly Thompson

Husband of Mereana Thompson of Kawakawa

Served 2 years, 201 days

His early death was originally not considered to have been a result of his war service. His widow appealed the decision and this decision was reveresed - his service with the Expeditionary Force contributed to his death in 1924.

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

Death

16 Oct 1923 AWMM

Cause of death

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service AWMM

Memorial name

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/R7825587
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  55: 38
• 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. 3: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• HMNZT 76 - The moa : the journal of the Twenty Seconds on troopship "Aparima" (No. 76). Drew, H.T.B. (Henry Thomas Bertie), editor. Digby, H.W.L. (Henry William Lockyer), editor. -- At sea : Twenty-Second Reinforcements : [1917