THOMPSON E.C.

Given Names:  Edgar Cosser

Service Number:  12412

Unit:  Army Service Corps July 1916 Reinforcements                                                        

Rank:  Driver   

Paybook Number:  128597

Age:  20 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Grocer                                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8½ In                  

Weight:  137 Lbs

Chest:  31-36 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  22/3/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Joseph Henry Thompson

24 Edgevale Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  7/9/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Port Sydney A15

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

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Unit:  AIF Headquarters                                                                                                                 

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:  19/3/1920                       

Place:  England

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  2299

Victory Medal:  2299

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  7/4/1895

Place:  Carlton North, Victoria                  

Father:  Joseph Henry THOMPSON         

Mother:  Martha WILSON

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 5/11/1985                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Non-military employment 23/4/1919 to 22/10/1919

Stayed in England to complete Building & Architecture course at the Bennett College in Birmingham

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Hawthorn Town Hall

Auburn State School

Hawthorn Presbyterian Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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