George Compton

1876-1930

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1414

Born in New Zealand

26 August 1876

Residence

Hometown

Wellington

Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Wellington City Council

Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Emma Compton

New South Wales Artillery

Australia

World War I (1914-1918)

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Died at the age of 53

17 August 1930

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5530 89/0027339, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 5.

Anthony Byledbal, “George Compton (1876-1930)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/147