Alfred Bruce THOMPSON

Regimental number41422
OccupationHairdresser
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Thompson, Canvastown, Marlborough
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, Specialist Company, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZ Turakina on 26 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 2 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 23 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row C, Grave No 7), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Ellen Thompson, Deep Creek, Marlborough
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 25