Jeffrey Hawthorne “Jock” Thompson

Trooper · NZ #37409 · T2 Patrol

Rank	Trooper
Service number	NZ #37409
Patrol	T2 Patrol
Known as	“Jock”
Record	https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/122047

What this roll records

The Kiwi Scorpions (Brendan O'Carroll): T2 Patrol: one of the survivors who returned in the sole surviving truck T10 after four of five vehicles were destroyed by Stukas near Karkur Murr, Jan 1942.

Cenotaph record linked. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

Transport driver in civilian life. Embarked/served with Infantry Reinforcements. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

Full name Jeffrey Hawthorne; known as Jock. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

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Where this comes from

Missing info added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.
AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 3, p.471.

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