Thompson A J O Lt Col 4th Australian Infantry
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL A. J. O. THOMPSON, V.D.
4TH BATTALION AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY
ASTLEY JOHN ONSLOW THOMPSON Was the eldest son of Astley John Thompson, Glyn Abbey, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire.
He entered the School in 1879, and left in 1882.
He then went to Australia, where he became Managing Director of the Camden Park Estate and Director of the Commercial Bank of Sydney and other companies.
At the outbreak of War he was on the Unattached List of Officers, and was one of the first men in Australia to volunteer. He had previously risen to the rank of Major in the New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
He was mentioned in Despatches by the General Commanding the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
He was killed while leading his Battalion in an attack upon the Turkish trenches, at the Dardanelles, on April 26th, 1915. Age 50.
Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1