William Phillips THOMPSON

Regimental number15468
OccupationSurveyor
Next of kinFather, T J Thompson, Heretaunga Street, Hastings
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Waitemata on 26 July 1916
Final rankLieutenant
Final unit12th (Nelson) Company, 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas John and Elizabeth Aikin Thompson, 'Rangimarie', 607 Havelock Road, Hastings, Napier
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 6

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