MAJOR F.S.R. THOMSON
Major Frederick S. R. Thomson, whose death while serving in the Middle East was announced in a casualty list yesterday, was the third son of Mr and Mrs T. Thomson, Timaru. He was 30 years of age, and wai educated at the Timaru Boys’ High School. He was employed for a time on a sheep station in the Wairarapa district and later joined the staff of T. and J. Thomson, at Timaru, where he was employed up till the time of his enlistment. He was wounded three times and was mentioned in dispatches in the Battle of El Alamein. A member of the first officers’ training corps in the present war at a North Island camp, Major Thomson gained his commission and was posted to the 2nd Echelon. He was with that unit in England and Egypt and saw action in Greece, Crete and Libya. Formerly a South Canterbury representative Rugby football and cricket player, he represented the New Zealand Army in football matches in England, and he also played for the Army in a number of cricket matches.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23917, 8 April 1943, Page 6
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