John Sinclair THOMPSON
Year of Birth: 1914
Place of Birth: Guildford, Victoria, Australia
Date of Enlistment: 23 July 1941, Royal Park, Victoria, Australia
Australian Defence Force: Australian Imperial Force
Rank: Corporal
Unit(s): 2/3/ L. of C. (Lines of Communication) Provost Company, Australian Army Provost Corps
Service Number: VX60109
Died: 6 December 1943
Age: 29 years
Buried: Cairns War Cemetery – Plot A – Row B – Grave 13
John was born 21 March 1914 to John and Margaret May (Smith) Thompson in Guildford, Victoria, he had 6 siblings, Elizabeth May born 1890, Charles Henry 1897, Elsie Evelyn 1902, William John 1905, Alexander Campbell 1906, John Martin 1907 and Islay Mary born 1911.
He enlisted at Royal Park, Victoria on the 22 July 1941 and gave his next of kin as his father John Thompson.
Corporal John Thompson served in the Middle East.
Records have cause of death as injuries.
John Sinclair Thompson’s name is on Lancefield Roll of Honour board and also located at panel 93 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Online Resources
NAA: B883, (THOMSON John Sinclair) National Archives of Australia
Department Veterans’ Affairs Nominal Rolls
National Library of Australia: Trove Digitised Newspapers
Queensland Registrar of Births Deaths & Marriages
Victorian Births Deaths & Marriages Index
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