Tompkins E Pte 54 8th Australian Imperial Force
TOMPKINS, EDWIN, Private, No. 54, 8th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest s. of Henry James Tompkins, of 133, St. James’ Road, Northampton, by his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of William Griffin; b. Great Houghton, co. Northampton, 30 March, 1894; educ. Kingsthorpe and Council School, St. James’ End; was an employee in Wolverton Carriage Works, and joined the Oxford and Bucks Territorials in May, 1913; emigrated to Australia in July, 1913, and settled in Victoria as a Farm Hand; joined the Australian Imperial Force after the outbreak of the European War, 1 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt, 19 Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and died in King’s College Hospital, London, 16 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in Gallipoli the previous May; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1