Aubrey Edward THOMPSON

Regimental number49026
Place of birthSouth Canterbury
OccupationCheesemaker
Next of kinMother, Mrs A E Thompson, 119 Hackthorne Street, Cashmere, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 84 Turakina on 26 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Infantry Reinforcements
FateDied of disease 28 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsCanterbury Provincial Memorial
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Annie Elizabeth Thompson, 67 Hackthorne Road, Cashmere Hills, Christchurch, and the late James Thompson
Other details

War service: died of disease at sea en route from New Zealand to the United Kingdom.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 31

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