George Compton

1876-1930

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1414

About

Born in New Zealand

26 August 1876
Live

Hometown

Wellington
Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Wellington City Council
Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Emma Compton

Army Experience

  • New South Wales Artillery

    Australia

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 53

    17 August 1930

    Sources

    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.

    How to cite this page

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