Herbert William THOMPSON

Regimental number10/82
Date of birth8 September 1887
Place of birthGisborne
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationAccountant
Address19 Maarama Crescent, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26.11
Height5' 4.5"
Weight133 lbs
Next of kinFather, William John Thompson, 23 Maarama Crescent, Wellington
Previous military serviceOfficer Training Corps, Wellington (resigned)
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
Rank on embarkationCorporal
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 rankSergeant
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 5 May 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

Appointed Corporal, 19 January 1915.

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

Appointed Sergeant, 8 May 1915.

Wounded in action, 7 July 1915; admitted to No.1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Anzac, 7 July 1915, and transferred to Fleetsweeper the same day (fractured right leg); disembarked from HS 'Gascon', Malta, 18 July 1915 (gunshot wound, right leg); to Tigne Hospital, 18 July 1915; to HS 'Grantully Castle', 21 August 1915; to Military Hospital, Bethnal Green, 30 August 1915; to Livingstone College Hospital, 27 October 1915; to Walton on Thames Hospital, 25 January 1916.

Embarked on HS 'Dover Castle', Southampton, 8 April 1916; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 18 April 1916; admitted to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 19 April 1916.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HS 'Tahiti', 5 May 1916; disembarked New Zealand, 6 June 1916; discharged (no longer fit for war service), 7 July 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 325 days (of which 1 years 234 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death13 February 1963, Hastings
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7825575