Robert Samuel Thompson

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772719

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Birth country:

Ireland

Birth county:

Down

Birth city:

Hillsborough

Address at enlistment:

25 North Park Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

25 North Park Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Trucker

Employer:

Malleable Iron Works

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Wounded

BX November 14, 1917

A late casualty list today reports Private Walter Harold Brown of this city as wounded and Pte. Robert Samuel Thompson gassed.

BX November 15, 1917

Mrs. Jessie Thompson, 25 North Park Street, received word yesterday that her husband, Private Robert Samuel Thompson, infantry, had been officially reported admitted to the No. 3 General Field Ambulance on Oct. 31. He is suffering from shell gas. Pte. Thompson went overseas with the First Brant County Battalion and was formerly employed as a trucker at the Malleable Iron Works.