Richard Thompson

  • 1914 -1915 Star
  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Gallipoli Medallion
  • 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
Notes

*Service number recorded as 9/360 in Nominal Rolls and 16/360A in Archives New Zealand and Commonwealth War Graves Commission.