Tommy Thompson (rugby union)
Gerald "Tommy" W. Thompson (4 October 1886 – 20 June 1916) was a South African rugby union player from Carnarvon in South Africa, where he attended Rondebosch Boys' High School. He was killed in German East Africa in World War I, while serving in the South African Infantry.[1] He died in action at Katanga, East Africa, and is buried in Dar es Salaam in modern day Tanzania, near Jacky Morkel.
Thompson took part in the 1912–13 South Africa rugby union tour as an outside centre, and was capped in three tests, against Scotland, Ireland and Wales all in 1912. He played for Western Province.
See also
- List of international rugby union players killed in action during the First World War
References
- Billot, John (1974). Springboks in Wales. Ferndale, Glamorgan: Ron Jones Publications.
- Springbok Hall of Fame