Fred Thompson (rugby union)

Frederick Herbert Thompson (1890–1915) was an Australian national representative rugby union player and soldier who fell in the Great War.

[2] His international debut was made during the Wallabies 1913 tour of New Zealand captained by Larry Dwyer.

He enlisted in Sydney in the AIF in January 1915 six months after war was declared, citing his occupation as carpenter.

He embarked as a Private with the 13th Battalion (3rd reinforcement) from Sydney on 11 February 1915 on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon.

This biographical article relating to Australian rugby union is a stub.

Memorial in Shrapnel Valley where lies Fred Thompson and 526 other Australian fallen