Charles Walter THOMPSON

Regimental number10/57
Date of birth10 February 1888
Place of birthOrmondville
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationShepherd
Addressc/o H A Speedy, Takapau
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26.6
Height5' 10"
Weight156 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs W West, Napier South
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unit17th Ruahine Company, Wellington Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 23) Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Peter John and Mary Ann Thompson, Rua Street, Mangapapa, Gisborne
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Found guilty, 2 March 1915, of being absent from parade: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Wounded in action, 25-29 April 1915; admitted to No.15 General Hospital, Alexandria, 30 April 1915 (sprained ankle and gonorrhoea); transferred to Convalescent Depot, 11 May 1915 (diarrhoea); marched into NZ Advanced Base Depot, Mustapha, 16 July 1915.

Embarked Alexandria, 21 July 1915; rejoined unit, Anzac Cove, 28 July 1915.

Posted as 'missing in action, 8 August 1915'.

Proceedings of Board of Enquiry, Moascar, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, 'now believed to be dead, 8 August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Age at death27
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7825456