Ferdinand Pearson Tompson (1893 - 1919)

Born 1893 in Warren, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Died 1919 at about age 26 in Egypt

Biography

Ferdinand was in the military and died on 3 April 1919. He was in the Australian Army Service Corps (service number 1765).^[1]

TOMPSON. —April 3, 1919, in Palestine, Ferdinand Pearson Tompson, sergeant, of the Anzac Divisional Train (late of 6th Light Horse), of pneumonia, youngest son of Ferdinand and Ellen Tompson, of 8 Wood-street, Manly (late of Warren), aged 26 years, after 3½ years' service. He did his duty well.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Military: "UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947"
   Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Author: Peter Singlehurst; Series Title: British Commonwealth War Graves Registers, 1914-1918; Archive Name: London, United Kingdom
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2706 #206096 (accessed 11 August 2022)
   Name: Ferdinand Pearson Tompson; Gender: Male; Age: 26; Birth Date: abt 1893; Death Date: 3 Apr 1919; Cemetery: Kantara War Mem Cemetery Egypt; Burial Country: Egypt; Regiment: Australian Army Service Corps; Regimental Number: 1765; Region or Memorial: Egypt; Father: Ferdinand Church Tompson; Mother: Ellen Tompson.
2. ↑ Family Notices (1919, April 10). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved August 11, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15833712