THOMPSON L.W.

Given Names:  Leslie Wilson

Service Number:  1738

Unit:  22nd Battalion, 2nd reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Acting Corporal                                                                                                    

Paybook Number:  204611

Age:  24 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Accountant                                                                                                

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Baptist

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9 In                     

Weight:  134 Lbs

Chest:  33-35½ In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  6/4/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Joseph Henry Thompson

24 Edgevale Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                      

Embarkation Date:  16/7/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Demosthenes A64

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Trasos Montes                                 

Embarked:  8/4/1919                                 

Disembarked:  22/5/1919

Unit:  24th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Sergeant

Discharge Date:  22/7/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  19722

British War Medal:  16794

Victory Medal:  16690

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1/7/1890

Place:  Carlton North, Victoria                  

Father:  Joseph Henry THOMPSON         

Mother:  Martha WILSON

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 17/8/1981                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 26/8/1916; gun shot wound, back

Wounded in action 21/9/1917; gun shot wound, left arm

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Auburn State School

Hawthorn Presbyterian Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V363754                                     

Date Enlisted:  31/3/1942                                        

Date Discharged:  31/10/1945

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