Brigadier Roy Meldrum Thompson

Service number 330, VX101933
Ranks Held Captain, Major, Brigadier
Birth Date 1895-01-03
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, West Wyalong
Final Rank Brigadier
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
  • 3rd Australian Field Artillery Battery
  • 11th Australian Field Artillery Battery
  • Royal Australian Artillery
Place West Wyalong
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-09
Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-18
Published in London Gazette in 1917-09-26
Published in London Gazette in 1918-05-28
Published in London Gazette in 1918-04-25
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-10-24
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-09-24
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-01-24

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    11th Australian Field Artillery Battery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    3rd Australian Field Artillery Battery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    28 May 1918 on page 6201 at position 46
    Commonwealth Gazette
    24 October 1918 on page 2056 at position 18

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    3rd Australian Field Artillery Battery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Captain
    London Gazette
    09 January 1918 on page 658 at position 6
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1918 on page 1122 at position 12

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major
    London Gazette
    18 January 1918 on page 954 at position 13
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1918 on page 1125 at position 116

Timeline

Date of birth 03 January 1895
Date of enlistment 01 July 1915
Date of embarkation 18 November 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 29 October 1917
Date returned to Australia 02 March 1919

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