Soldier profiles

Name : THOMPSON, GEOFFREY JAMES
Service Number : VX21150
Date of Birth : 12/09/1916
Place of Birth : ELSTERNWICK, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : FACTORY HAND
Date of Enlistment : 05/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : ELSTERNWICK, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : THOMPSON, GEORGE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 13/02/1946
Date Died : 30/08/1950
Age at Death : 33
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6208579 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Death notice (The Argus 01/09/1950)

Background : Son of George Charles Thompson. Husband of Dorothy May Thompson.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 0 inches, blue eyes, fair complexion, dark brown hair. Marital status : married. Dependent children : 1 under 16 years old and 1 16 years & older. Marks / scars : scars right leg. Full time war service : A.I.F. 05/06/1940 to 13/02/1946 which included 2080 days active service (1362 days within Australia & 411 days overseas). Operational service : Middle East area (embarked from Australia 07/04/1941, disembarked in Australia 23/05/1942). War badge no. 279025. Discharge certificate no. 491971.

Service record
05/06/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
07/06/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
07/04/1941 Embarked Sydney, New South Wales on H.M.S. Queen Mary (H.M.T. N.N.).
03/05/1941 Disembarked Middle East.
01/01/1942 Evacuated to 9 Australian General Hospital with injury to shoulder and transferred to X list.
18/01/1942 Evacuated from 9 Australian General Hospital to 7 Australian General Hospital.
18/01/1942 Evacuated from 7 Australian General Hospital to 1 Australian Convalescent Depot.
02/03/1942 Discharged 1 Australian Convalescent Depot and marched out to Australian Pioneer Training Battalion.
02/03/1942 Marched into Australian Pioneer Training Battalion.
02/04/1942 Embarked Middle East.
23/05/1942 Disembarked South Australia.
27/08/1942 Transferred into Victoria Lines of Communication area from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
27/08/1942 Detached to Rosanna.
17/06/1943 Rejoin unit from detachment.
17/06/1943 Detached to Sturt Street.
02/07/1943 To be acting Corporal.
05/11/1943 Rank of Corporal confirmed.
05/11/1943 Appointed Lance Sergeant.
02/06/1944 Marched in from Sturt Street on cessation of detachment.
28/07/1944 Medical classification assessed as A1 vision.
29/07/1944 Marched out to Murchison East on detachment.
06/08/1944 Marched in from 20 A.S.D. (Advanced Supply Depot?) Company on cessation of detachment.
07/11/1944 Marched out to 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria on detachment.
07/11/1944 Marched in on attachment from District Operations Office.
09/12/1944 Marched out to District Operations Office on cessation of attachment.
18/12/1944 Marched out on detachment to 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria.
18/12/1944 Marched in from District Operations Office (Victoria) on attachment.
17/02/1945 Marched out to District Operations Office (Victoria) on cessation of attachment.
17/02/1945 Marched in from 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria on cessation of detachment.
05/03/1945 Marched out to 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria on detachment.
05/03/1945 Marched in from District Operations Office on attachment.
12/03/1945 Transferred to 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria ex detachment.
12/03/1945 Transferred in from District Operations Office ex temporary attachment.
25/04/1945 Promoted to Sergeant (Australian Army Postal Corps).
31/01/1946 Transferred out to District Accounts Office.
31/01/1946 Transferred in from 115 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria.
06/02/1946 Transferred to Leave and Transit Depot Victoria Lines of Communication area for discharge.
12/02/1946 Marched into Australian Military Forces Discharge Depot ex Leave and Transit Depot, Victoria.
13/02/1946 Discharged.