Service Details
Name:
 BOMPAS
Given Name:
 GRACE ETHEL
Initials:
 G E
Rank:
 Nursing Sister
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Regiment:
 South African Military Nursing Service
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Date of Death:
 1918-09-12
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Date of Birth:
 1887-10-15
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Drowned at sea (from S.S. "Galway Castle"), as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine 160 miles S.W. and .5 S. of the Fastnet
Citations:
 ***Submitted for War Grave Status to CWGC, awaiting acceptance
Additional
Information:
Daughter of Frederick Willliam Bompas and Eliza Catherine Thompson, of Johannesburg. There is a main road is named Bompas in Johannesburg
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hampshire
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Cemetery:
 HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON
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Grave Reference:
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