2430 Arthur THOMPSON

Date of enlistment	12^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	D Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action – Ville-sur-Ancre Hospitalised sick three times Marriage

Summary of Private Thompson’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
13^th November 1919	Australia	Discharged
14^th September 1919	Australia	Disembarked Port Lincoln
23^rd July 1919	England	Return to Australia on Port Lincoln, with wife
11^th February 1919	England	Absent without leave – forfeiture of 3 days pay
30^th January 1919	England	Discharged to duty
29^th October 1918	England	Admitted to Sutton Veny hospital sick – pleurisy
25^th October 1918	England	Absent without leave
21^st October 1918	England	Marriage to Estelle Allamby
11^th September 1918	England	Marched in to No.1 Command Depot Sutton Veny
17^th July 1918	England	Discharged to No.3 Command Depot Hurdcott
15^th July 1918	England	Transferred to 3^rd Auxiliary Hospital Dartford
29^th May 1918	England	Invalided to England on HS Ville de Liege and admitted Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham
23^rd May 1918	France	Admitted to L of C Hospital (18^th USA General Hospital Camiers)
19^th May 1918	France	Wounded in Action – shell wound left shoulder and front right chest, and admitted to 61 CCS
22^nd March 1918	Belgium	Re- joined Battalion
4^th March 1918	France	Marched in to AIBD
13^th February 1918	France	To 2^nd General Hospital Le Havre sick from AIBD – otitis media
2^nd February 1918	France	Discharged to AIBD Le Havre
29^th January 1918	France	Discharged from hospital to No.3 Rest Camp
12^th January 1918	France	Admitted to 14^th General Hospital Boulogne
10^th January 1918	France	To hospital sick – otorrhoea (ear discharge). Otitis Media
24^th July 1917	France	Return from leave
14^th July 1917	England	Granted leave
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot