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Scottish-born baritone, light comedian, actor.

Jock Thompson was born in the North Lanarkshire township of Motherwell, Scotland. He came to Australian in 1910 and established himself in Brisbane as both a singer and concert promoter. While serving with Australia forces during World War I he was transferred from the infantry to the Coo-ee's concert party and later became a prominent member of Charles Holt's Smart Set Diggers. Thompson continued performing professionally in both Australia and the UK well into the 1940s. As a resident of Melbourne in his later years he was active in many locally-organised concerts, fundraisers and social events.