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George Comrie THOMSON (1920 - 1942)
assistant sugar chemist (Sarina), Sgt, R.A.A.F, air gunner
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
George Comrie THOMSON (1920 - 1942) Aubrey Friedrich Rudolf VON STIEGLITZ THOMSON (1890 - 1948) Edgar Boyne VON STIEGLITZ (1847 - 1918) Francis Walter VON STIEGLITZ (1811 - 1889)
Anne RANSOM (1817 - 1892)
Eleanor Beatrice Stanley TURNER (1860 - 1942) Charles Henry TURNER (1838 - 1863)
Eleanor Sarah Stanley FITZSIMONS (1832 - 1915)
Estelle COMRIE-SMITH (1894 - 1953) George COMRIE-SMITH (1860 - 1942) John COMRIE-SMITH (1827 - )
Matha (COMRIE-SMITH) (1829 - )
Florence Ethel THOMSON (1868 - 1957) Hugh THOMSON (1839 - )
Annie Mary MACTAGGART (1846 - )
George Comrie THOMSON
George Comrie THOMSON
George Comrie THOMSON George Comrie THOMSON
b. 19 Jun 1920 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
d. 16 Sep 1942 at Essen, Germany aged 22
Parents:
Aubrey Friedrich Rudolf VON STIEGLITZ THOMSON (1890 - 1948)
Estelle COMRIE-SMITH (1894 - 1953)
Siblings (2):
Peter Boyne THOMSON (1918 - )
Events in George Comrie THOMSON (1920 - 1942)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
19 Jun 1920 George Comrie THOMSON was born Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Note 1 18
16 Sep 1942 22 George Comrie THOMSON died Essen, Germany 18
21 Sep 1942 22 Burial Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany Note 2
Note 1: Source: World War II Nominal Roll
Note 2: 16 September 1942 panel 131 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Personal Notes:
Service Record
Name THOMSON, GEORGE COMRIE
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Service Number 405436
Date of Birth 19 Jun 1920
Place of Birth BRISBANE, QLD
Date of Enlistment 29 Mar 1941
Locality on Enlistment Unknown
Place of Enlistment BRISBANE, QLD
Next of Kin THOMSON, AUBREY
Date of Death 16 Sep 1942
Rank Sergeant
Posting on Death 142 Squadron
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No
Roll of Honour BRISBANE QLD

THOMSON George Comrie (Sergeant)
Service Number: 405436
Royal Australian Air Force,142 Squadron (RAF)
Born 19 June 1920
Died 16 September 1942. Aged 22 years
Son of Aubrey Frederick Rudolf Von Stieglitz (Thomson) and Estelle Comrie (nee Smith)
Churchie 1936-1937



No. 142 Squadron (RAF): Second World War

England
6 September 1940-26 November 1941: Binbrook 26 November 1941-7 June 1942: Grimsby 7 June-7 July 1942: Thruxton Aircraft November 1940-October 1941: Vickers Wellington II October 1941-October 1942: Vickers Wellington IV

Brisbane Courier Mail 16 Sep 1943
THOMSON — In loving memory of Sgt. George Comrie Thomson, R.A.A.F., who gave his life in air operations over Essen, September 16-17th, 1942. 'Till the day dawns.'

Brisbane Courier Mail 16 Sep 1944
THOMSON. — In proud & loving memory of George Comrie Thomson, R.A.A.F., who gave his life in air operations over Essen. 16th-17th Sept., 1942. 'Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved. Your memory hallowed in the land you loved.'

Brisbane Courier Mail 16 Sep 1946
THOMSON.— A tribute of love and remembrance to Sgt. George Comrie Thomson, R.A.A.F., who gave his life in air operations over Essen, 16th-17th Sept., 1942.
Then with the morn, those angel faces smile. Which I have loved long since and lost.

Brisbane Courier Mail 16 Sep 1948
THOMSON.— A tribute of love and remembrance to Sgt. George Comrie Thomson, R.A.A.F., who gave his life over Essen Sept. 16th, 1942.

Brisbane Courier Mail 16 Sep 1950
THOMSON. —A tribute of love and remembrance to Sgt. George Comrie Thomson, R.A.A.F., who gave his life over Essen, Sept. 16th, 1942. Till we meet again.
Source References:
18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool
- Reference = James Mason 28 Dec 2014 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = James Mason 28 Dec 2014 (Birth)
- Reference = James Mason 28 Dec 2014 (Death)
This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
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