In Memory Of

THOMPSON, GERALD (TOMMY)

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 1886-10-04
Service No:
 3744
Rank:
 Private
Unit:
 5th Regt.
Regiment:
 South African Infantry
Date of Death:
 1916-06-20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Kangata
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 8. A. 3.
Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Tanzania
Additional Information
Son of Gerald Petrus and Aletta Johanna Thompson, of Sterling, Carnarvon. Born Victoria, Cape Province. Educated Rondebosch Boys' High School. A South African rugby union player from Carnarvon in South Africa. Thompson took part in the 1912-13 South Africa rugby union tour as an outside centre, and was capped in three tests, against Scotland, Ireland and Wales all in 1912. He played for Western Province