The military history of Townsville’s controversial new mayor is under investigation by an independent local government watchdog that assesses complaints about Queensland councillors.
The former One Nation candidate and Townsville mayor, Troy Thompson, laid out his military history on Facebook earlier this year. He said that he joined “109 sigs” as a signalman – an army member responsible for military communications – in 1989 when he lived in Perth, before joining “105 sigs” and later “152 sigs” prior to leaving the army.
