LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Matthew William THOMPSON
Service No: 144639
Born: Nathalia VIC, 25 August 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 September 1943
Unit: No. 4 School of Technical Training, Exhibition Building, North Terrace, Adelaide SA
Died: Drowned, Nathalia VIC, 10 January 1944, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Nathalia General Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Matthew and Ruby May Thompson, of Murrumbeena
Roll of Honour: Nathalia VIC
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 10 January 1944, Aircraftman Class I Thompson, a Trainee Technician, drowned at Nathalia,
Victoria.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/39/200