James Richard THOMPSON

Regimental number9/1243
Addressc/o W Barnett, Redan, Wyndham
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Thompson, Post Office, Mimihau, Southland
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 6th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 28 Tofua on 14 August 1915
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 18 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVI, Row G, Grave No 9), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Margaret Thompson, Nimihau, Wyndham, Southland
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Sixth