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Transcript of Compton, Clarence Henry
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Compton, Clarence Henry Service Number 1011
Died 3/4th September 1917 Marakeb, Palestine
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children
using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context
provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.
This resource is presented by Gosford City Council
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NAME Compton, Clarence Henry
SERVICE NO 1011
UNIT 5th Light Horse
RANK Transport Sergeant
AGE at Enlistment 40 yrs 2 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Fremantle, WA
ADDRESS Green Point ?
OCCUPATION Farmer
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 25 Sept 1914
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Marrickville, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE 18 mths WA Mounted Infantry.
NEXT OF KIN Wife Mary Ann Compton, 4 Ventnor Ave. Perth, WA (Estranged)
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’7”. Weight-9st. 6 lbs. Chest-34-36½
Complexion-Florid. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Dk Brown. Small brown mole left shoulder.
RELIGION C/E
EMBARKED
DISEMBARKED
NOTES Records included depositions from witnesses
WOUNDED/ILLNESS Committed Suicide, by blowing his brains out with a rifle. Marakeb Palestine.
DIED 3/4 Sept 1917 during the night
BURIED 4 Sept 1917-On top of Tel-el-Marakeb, by Rev Backhouse. Re-interred Gaza Mil Cem. Plot CC Gve 21 changed to Plot 25 Row B Gve 5
MEDALS 1914-15 Star-14675, British War Medal-5605, Victory Medal-5592. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-330365.
DEPENDANTS Daughters Alwyne Beatrice, Gwenyth Joan, Joselyn Hope, Sons Gregory Raynor, Dudley Spence. D53 Outram St. Perth.
PERSONAL EFFECTS 2 Id discs, 3 Shirts, 1 shell curio, 3 Pr Socks, 1 Muffler, 1 Pen, 1 Bank Book, 1 comb 1 Wallet containing letters, Scissors, Photos etc. 1 Black wallet contain-ing Notes, 1 envelope containing photos. Post Cards, 1 Testament, 1 Purse containing Crucifix, 2 coins 1 Badge, Passes etc. 1 Watch.
WILL
CORRESPONDENCE Adopted Mother Mildred S Cuthbert, Green Point
REMARKS
RED CROSS REPORT Yes
GOSFORD TIMES 30.4.1915.
LETTERS FROM EGYPT. Mr C. H. Compton, adopted son of Mr and Mrs
Cuthbert, of Green Point, Gosford, who is driver in
the 6th Army Service Corps, now stationed in Egypt,
writes home from Ma’adi Camp under date March 7:-
We were at Ismaliah the morning of the fight with the
Turks; About 750 of the enemy were taken prisoners,
and they are now camped a mile from us. Although
not actually in the row, our ship was heavily barri-
caded and extra guards mounted. We were not al-
lowed ashore until we reached Alexandria, and then
only to entrain for Cairo, which we eventually
reached about 4.30 in the morning. This is a rotten
country, but wonderful all the same. It is not a fit
place for a white man to live in dust, sand, flies and
disease. The general morality is shockingly low. In
Cairo one sees buildings said to be a thousand years
old, and alongside are houses erected not to years
ago. The principal buildings are wonderful to look at,
I can’t describe them, but when I tell you that the fin-
est of them are far and away ahead of anything in
Sydney, you will have an idea of the architectural
beauty of the city in general, I hope the people of
Australia will not believe any of the grossly exagger-
ated statements made concerning our troops. There
is a big row going on about it, but people should only
believe what is officially published in the papers.
With about a hundred others, I am suffering from an
ulcerated throat caused by the dust collecting in the
thorax. Under the circumstances speech is difficult.
GOSFORD TIMES. 26.10.1916.
Letters From Gosford soldiers “WE WANT MORE MEN” Sergt. G. F. Compton writes:- How can I thank you for your kindness and thoughtfulness in sending me the two parcels of comforts. I
cannot tell you how much they are appreciated, and how very useful they (the contents) are. It is very nice
to know that we are not forgotten by the ones left behind, and I hope to be able to thank you personally
after the war is over. We are having a pretty rough time at present, but hope that things will improve. I
cannot tell you any “war news” as our censor is pretty keen, but you will see by the papers how we are get-
ting along But WE WANT MORE MEN. Good bye and God bless you all for your kindness in thinking of us
and cheering us up in our work.
GOSFORD TIMES. 20.12.1917.
HIS LAST LETTER. Sergeant C. H. Compton, 5
th Light Horse Regi-
ment, died in Palestine on the 4th or 5
th Septem-
ber. He was the adopted son of Mr and Mrs T.
Cuthbert, of Green Point, Gosford, who have
just received the last letter written home by the
dead hero. In it the lad complained of being
tired to death after three years continuous ser-
vice without a break or holiday. He expressed
the hope that Mr Hughes would send reinforce-
ments to give a rest to those who were left of the
1st Australian Division. It would make the men
at the front more satisfied if they knew that their
mates in Australia were coming to give them a
hand, but when they had to fight on and on and
on for three years at a stretch, it was little won-
der that the men (those who had not been killed
or wounded) were despondent and despaired of
ever seeing their homes again. At time of writ-
ing he said that the British and Australians were
pushing on in Palestine and hoped to be in the
holy city of Jerusalem before Christmas. The
advance from the Suez Canal, he wrote, was
wonderful. Twelve months ago they were 175
miles back, and during the year they had ad-
vanced that distance across sand desert, build-
ing railways as they went, laying the mains for a
water supply, and fighting the Turks the whole
of the distance. He was right – the troops
reached Jerusalem before Christmas, but Ser-
geant Compton occupies a soldier’s grave on
the way, as do many other valiant Australians
who went across to fight for their country and all
that it meant to them and to those who remained
behind.
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