Henry Thomson (footballer)
Henry Thomson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Griffith Henry Thomson | ||
Date of birth | 6 October 1906 | ||
Date of death | 21 May 1943 36)[1] | (aged||
Place of death | Burma | ||
Original team(s) | Ararat | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1930 | Carlton | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930. |
Griffith Henry Thompson (6 October 1906 – 21 May 1943) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2] He volunteered for service soon after Australia's declaration of war against Germany, and was moved to Batavia (Now Jakarta). While posted there with the Royal Australian Army Pay Corps, he was captured in 1942 as the Japanese army moved south. He was put to work on the Burma Railway, and died while working on the railway in May 1943.
Notes
- ↑ "Roll of Honour - Griffith Henry Thomson". Australian War Memorial.
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 825. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
External links
- Henry Thomson's statistics from AFL Tables
- Henry Thomson's profile at Blueseum
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