Arthur Henry Thompson | South Lincolnshire War Memorials

Biography of Private Arthur Henry Thompson (1081)
51st Battalion Australian Infantry A.I.F
Died 10th June 1918

Soldier

Name: Arthur Henry Thompson
Date of birth: 1888
Place of Birth: Osbournby, Lincolnshire, England
Date of Birth Registration: January – March 1888
Place of Birth Registration: Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England

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Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)

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Marriage

No marriage for Arthur has been found and because of his age we can assume that he never had the opportunity to marry.

Newspaper Mentions

Lincolnshire Echo Friday 12th September 1919
At Rippingale it is proposed to make a house to house collection for the War Memorial Cross, to be erected at the estimated cost of £250, to the honoured memory of those who served in the great war, especially the fallen, those whp made the supteme sacrifice from here being: Arthur Hill, George Hill, Frank Kime, George Daff Pollard, John William Sandall, Walter Sandall, Charles Sharpe, Walter Scarborough, and Arthur Thompson.

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Memorials

Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
In Memory of Private Arthur Henry Thompson, 1081, 51st Battalion Australian Infantry A.I.F. who died on 10 June 1918 Age 20.
Son of William Parker Thompson and Fanny Thompson of Highfield, Rippingale, Bourne, Lincs, England, Born at Osbournby, Lincs
Remembered with Honour Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery
Grave Ref: III E 7

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