Company Sergeant Major

Reginald Ephraim Thompson

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Walter Douglas and Sarah Eliza Thompson, of Wakapuaka, New Zealand. Also served at Gallipoli. Born at Sheffield, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES
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Submitted by: Robbie Titchener
Relationship to casualty: Distant Relative
Reg was born in January 1893 in Christchurch, but grew up in Nelson. He and his older brother Stan were both members of the local Territorials, before enlisting together on August 15, 1914 (about te... Read More

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Casualty

Service Number: 
6/772
Name:
Reginald Ephraim Thompson
Rank: 
Company Sergeant Major
Date of Birth:
10 January 1893
Place of Birth:
Sheffield, Canterbury, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
MR W D Thompson (father), Bayview, Nelson PO
Religion:
Protestant
Date of Enlistment:
15 August 1914
Locality on Enlistment: 
Nelson
Place of Enlistment: 
Nelson, New Zealand
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farmer
Employer:
R Hamilton, Wakapuaka
Armed Force: 
NZEF
Unit:
NZEF, Canterbury Regiment, 1 Battalion, 12 Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
09 July 1916
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
25
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Lyttelton, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 4
HMNZT 11
Vessel:
Tahiti or Athenic
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
I. D. 44.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Reginald Ephraim Thompson
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