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Arthur Percival Leonard Thompson

1888-1966

Unit

6th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

60432

About

Born in Australia

22 July 1888
Parents

Mother

Marion Thompson

Father

Cecil Thompson

Settled in New Zealand

1910
Residence

Hometown

Reefton
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Progress Mines Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 78

30 August 1966

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5922 74/0113619, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.69, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Arthur Percival Leonard Thompson (1888-1966)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/835

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