Edward Alfred Frederick Compton

  General Notes:

Attended Hale School, where he received a prize for mapping
Surveyor
Mining Registrar at Southern Cross, where he registered William Ford's
Reward Claim for Coolgardie and weighed the 540 ounces of gold.
Magistrate, Mining Warden for various goldfields, retiring in 1910.

Became a real estate agent, with his office at 117 Cambridge St, West
Leederville.

Honourary Captain in the Reserve Army.

Served in Egypt, France and UK during the Great War

Edward married Agnes Maria Mitchell, daughter of William Owen Mitchell and Isa Izon Bickley, on 23 Apr 1890 in Bridgetown, Western Australia. (Agnes Maria Mitchell was born on 18 Sep 1865 in "Mugourah", Champion Bay, Western Australia and died on 22 Sep 1951 in Perth, Western Australia.)

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