"Sandy" Alexander Welsh THOMSON
Born 6 April 1918 in Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia [16]
Son of James Fowler THOMSON and Nellie Simpson WELSH [108]
In 1921 was living with his siblings and mother with his grandmother Grace WELSH at 2 Kirkbank in Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland [20]
Later resided with his parents on Anster Farm in Marchagee, Western Australia [108]
Came 2nd in the Walk, Trot & Gallop in the Ring Events at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 7 September 1933 [5]
Also received 1st prize for a Border Collie sheep dog or bitch in the Sheep Dog section of the show [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Came 2nd in the 12-stone Gent's Hack in the Ring Events at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Resident of Kew, Victoria, Australia where he enlisted in the Australian Army on 20 May 1940 [16]
Lieutenant VX15794 in the Australian Army's 2/14 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 6 December 1945 [16]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Alexander Welsh Thomson' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 15 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/alexander-welsh-thomson [reference list] |
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