BrigadierDavid Scott ThomsonMC (21 November 1924 – 13 October 2013) was an Australian soldier and politician.
Early life and military career
He was born in Sale, Victoria in 1924. He enlisted in the Australian Army in 1942, and graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, being commissioned as an officer in 1943. He saw active service in the Second World War in the South-West Pacific, took part in the landing at Balikpapan, New Guinea, and served in Japan 1946–48. He was on active service again in Korea in 1951, where he was awarded the Military Cross. He served in Malaysia and Sarawak during the Malayan Emergency 1965–66. From 1967 to 1970 he was Director of Infantry and Regimental Colonel of the Royal Australian Regiment.
In 1985, David Thomson took part in an oral history interview for the Parliamentary Bicentenary Publications Project recorded by his son, historian Alistair Thomson.[6]
^Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia – Volume 27 – Page 425 1996 "Thomson, David Scott (21.11.1924–)"
^Patrick Moray Weller -Malcolm Fraser, PM: a study in prime ministerial power 1989 – Page 66 "..., Tom McVeigh, David Thomson and, for twenty-four hours, Senator Glen Sheil were selected, all holding only junior portfolios."