Richard Thompson
- Born 17 March 1895, Waikanae, Wellington, New Zealand
- Died 9 August 1915
- Killed In Action HMT Devanha (ex. Gallipoli)
- Last rank Private/Trooper
- Service number 16/360A*
- Served In New Zealand Māori Contingent, Otago Mounted Rifles.21 August 1914, Otago
- Next of Kin Rua Thompson, Ōtākou, Waianiwa, Southland
- Pre-war occupation Labourer for Andrew Wickson
- ReligionChurch of England (Anglican)
- Enlisted21 August 1914, Otago
- Embarkation aboard HMNZT 5 or HMNZT 9, Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay, departed 16 October 1914, Port Chalmers, disembarked Suez, Egypt
- Theatres of operationEgyptian 1914-1915 and Balkan 1915
- RememberedPanel 76, Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey.
- Awarded1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Gallipoli Medallion
*Service number recorded as 9/360 in Nominal Rolls and 16/360A in Archives New Zealand and Commonwealth War Graves Commission.