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Lance Corporal WILLIAM THOMPSON

Service Number: 26943
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 January 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY (N.Z.) MEMORIAL, POLYGON WOOD

Belgium

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Ellen Thompson, of Wintere Rd., Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand. Native of Manchester, England.
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BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY (N.Z.) MEMORIAL, POLYGON WOOD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 378
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