COMPTON, Reginald Clyde
| Service Number: | 516 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 February 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 6 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Junee, Junee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | South Goulburn Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Engine driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 19 September 1915, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli PLOT I.F.7. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Junee Memorial Clock Tower |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 516, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 516, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 516, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 19 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 516, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Reginald Clyde COMPTON, (Service Number 516) was born at Goulburn in 1889. He joined the NSWGR as a call boy at Junee locomotive depot in 1905, was promoted there to cleaner in 1906, and fireman in 1910. In 1912 he transferred to Eveleigh and was promoted to engine driver there in May 1914. In January 1915, however, he suffered a sharp reverse in his career: he was reduced to fitter’s labourer. The reason for this reduction is not stated on his employee card, but it may have prompted his decision to enlist in the AIF. He was released from duty, and enlisted, in February 1915, at Liverpool.
Submitted 5 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His older brother 6722 Private Albert Charles Compton 2nd Battalion AIF, died of sickness in Egypt (tuberculosis) 3 April 1918. Age 33.
A younger brother, 2333 Pte. Oliver Abe Compton 3rd Battalion AIF, died of wounds in France 31 July 1918. Age 23.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Reginald Clyde COMPTON, (Service Number 516) was born at Goulburn in 1889. He joined the NSW Government Railways as a call boy at Junee locomotive depot in 1905. He was promoted there to cleaner in 1906 and to fireman in 1910. In 1912 he transferred to Eveleigh (Sydney) and was promoted to engine driver there in May 1914. In January 1915, however, he suffered a sudden downturn in his career. He was demoted to fitter’s labourer. The reason for this demotion is not stated on his employee card. However, it may have prompted his decision to enlist in the AIF. He was released from duty. He enlisted, in February 1915 at Liverpool.
He mbarked from Sydney in June 1915. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 19th September 1915. He is buried in the Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, about 400 yards SE of Anzac Cove.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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