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Personal data

• Name THOMSON
• Initials WD
• First name WILLIAM DAVIDSON
• Place of birth Carlton County
• Country Ontario, Canada
• Last residence Saskatoon
• Family Son of John and Janet Thomson, of 714, Lansdowne Avenue, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
• Education University College 1906-1910
• Profession Barrister-at-law

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 9 October 1915, Camp Hughes, Manitoba
• Rank Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 6th Squadron Royal Air Force (Flying Corps)
• Attached or transferred from Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
• Other data related to military career Appointed to the 53rd Bn. in October 1915; went overseas in March 1916; joined the P.P.C.L.I. in France, June 1916; transferred to the RFC as an observer in August 1916

Death

• Wounded near Voormezele; shot down and killed in BE2g 7190 with his pilot, Jameson, also buried at Lijssenthoek. Probably the third victory for Vzfw Walter Gottsch of Jasta 8.
  
• Type of wounds Killed in aerial combat
• Date of death 5 January 1917
• Died at the age of 31
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IX - B - 17

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