Son of Astley and Udea Mary Ann Moriarty (née Onslow) Thompson of Glyn Abbey, Pontyates, Carmarthenshire.
He applied for a Commission in the Australian Imperial Force on 1 September 1914 and embarked at Sydney for active service abroad on 20 October 1914 per HMAT "Euripides" (A14)
12 June 1915 - Mentioned in General Sir Ian Hamilton's Despatches.
He was killed in action, aged 50 years.
Lieutenant Colonel, 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
The Advertiser, Adelaide, S.A. - Thursday, 6 May 1915
"THE HEROIC DEAD
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A. J. O. THOMPSON.
The late Lieutenant Colonel Astley John Onslow Thompson, V.D., of New South Wales, was 50 years of age. At the age of 27 years he was appointed a Lieutenant in the New South Wales Mounted Rifles, and while serving with that unit was promoted to the rank of Captain. On July 1, 1903, when a Second Lieutenant, he was appointed to a command in the 2nd Australian Light Horse as Major, and was Major on the retired list in June, 1912. When war broke out he was placed in charge of the 4th Infantry battalion, which is part of the 1st Infantry Brigade (New South Wales). He went with the First Expeditionary Force. Lieutenant-Colonel Thompson was a prominent business man. He was a director of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company and of the Commercial Bank of Sydney, besides being manager of the Great Camden Park Estate, New South Wales."
He applied for a Commission in the Australian Imperial Force on 1 September 1914 and embarked at Sydney for active service abroad on 20 October 1914 per HMAT "Euripides" (A14)
12 June 1915 - Mentioned in General Sir Ian Hamilton's Despatches.
He was killed in action, aged 50 years.
Lieutenant Colonel, 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
The Advertiser, Adelaide, S.A. - Thursday, 6 May 1915
"THE HEROIC DEAD
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A. J. O. THOMPSON.
The late Lieutenant Colonel Astley John Onslow Thompson, V.D., of New South Wales, was 50 years of age. At the age of 27 years he was appointed a Lieutenant in the New South Wales Mounted Rifles, and while serving with that unit was promoted to the rank of Captain. On July 1, 1903, when a Second Lieutenant, he was appointed to a command in the 2nd Australian Light Horse as Major, and was Major on the retired list in June, 1912. When war broke out he was placed in charge of the 4th Infantry battalion, which is part of the 1st Infantry Brigade (New South Wales). He went with the First Expeditionary Force. Lieutenant-Colonel Thompson was a prominent business man. He was a director of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company and of the Commercial Bank of Sydney, besides being manager of the Great Camden Park Estate, New South Wales."
Son of Astley and Udea Mary Ann Moriarty (née Onslow) Thompson of Glyn Abbey, Pontyates, Carmarthenshire.
He applied for a Commission in the Australian Imperial Force on 1 September 1914 and embarked at Sydney for active service abroad on 20 October 1914 per HMAT "Euripides" (A14)
12 June 1915 - Mentioned in General Sir Ian Hamilton's Despatches.
He was killed in action, aged 50 years.
Lieutenant Colonel, 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
The Advertiser, Adelaide, S.A. - Thursday, 6 May 1915
"THE HEROIC DEAD
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A. J. O. THOMPSON.
The late Lieutenant Colonel Astley John Onslow Thompson, V.D., of New South Wales, was 50 years of age. At the age of 27 years he was appointed a Lieutenant in the New South Wales Mounted Rifles, and while serving with that unit was promoted to the rank of Captain. On July 1, 1903, when a Second Lieutenant, he was appointed to a command in the 2nd Australian Light Horse as Major, and was Major on the retired list in June, 1912. When war broke out he was placed in charge of the 4th Infantry battalion, which is part of the 1st Infantry Brigade (New South Wales). He went with the First Expeditionary Force. Lieutenant-Colonel Thompson was a prominent business man. He was a director of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company and of the Commercial Bank of Sydney, besides being manager of the Great Camden Park Estate, New South Wales."
He applied for a Commission in the Australian Imperial Force on 1 September 1914 and embarked at Sydney for active service abroad on 20 October 1914 per HMAT "Euripides" (A14)
12 June 1915 - Mentioned in General Sir Ian Hamilton's Despatches.
He was killed in action, aged 50 years.
Lieutenant Colonel, 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
The Advertiser, Adelaide, S.A. - Thursday, 6 May 1915
"THE HEROIC DEAD
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A. J. O. THOMPSON.
The late Lieutenant Colonel Astley John Onslow Thompson, V.D., of New South Wales, was 50 years of age. At the age of 27 years he was appointed a Lieutenant in the New South Wales Mounted Rifles, and while serving with that unit was promoted to the rank of Captain. On July 1, 1903, when a Second Lieutenant, he was appointed to a command in the 2nd Australian Light Horse as Major, and was Major on the retired list in June, 1912. When war broke out he was placed in charge of the 4th Infantry battalion, which is part of the 1st Infantry Brigade (New South Wales). He went with the First Expeditionary Force. Lieutenant-Colonel Thompson was a prominent business man. He was a director of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company and of the Commercial Bank of Sydney, besides being manager of the Great Camden Park Estate, New South Wales."
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