Thompson / Corporaal Family History

Frederick William Elmo Thompson ³

  General Notes:

Elmo N Thompson advises "Dad was flying B25 Mitchell bombers with No. 2 Squadron when shot down 11 weeks before I was born."
B25 Mitchell RAAF Series 2 A47-33 (http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/ accessed May 2, 2016) ⁶

  Burial Notes:

Initally Frederick was buried with his crew in Saumlaki Cemetery, Taninbar Is. They were exhumed and reburied in the War Cemetery, Ambon Is. September 24, 1946 in one of the group of graves EC 11-16

  Some of his life's milestones were:

Frederick was living at 34 Duoro Rd. South Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia in 1936/1937 ⁷

He was working as Chemist in South Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia in 1936/1937 ^{7 8}

He was a member of the Fremantle Rowing Club in about 1939 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia. ⁹ The final entry in the Club Minute Book before it was closed for the 'Duration' gave a grim note about the state of the war and recorded as was best known the enlistments to that time. Elmo Thompson was amoung those who enlisted.

In about 1940 Frederick William Elmo Thompson enlisten as an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force in Perth Western Australiain. His service number was 406741. On his enlistment form he noted Doris Thompson as next of kin. ¹⁰

He was Roman Catholic on Jul 15, 1940 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. ¹¹

There is conflicting death information - of his being shot down in the Buna Jungle, Papua New Guniea. This is recorded in a family tree produced by an unknown family member. ¹²

Frederick married Doris Lewin Noble, daughter of Arthur John Noble and Lewin Baldock, in 1939 in Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia.^{1 2} (Doris Lewin Noble was born on Feb 23, 1915 in Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia, Australia ¹¹ and died on Sep 26, 2006 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.)

  Special events in their marriage were:

They have conflicting marriage information of Dec 7, 1940 and Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia. St Johns Church