William Compston, b: 1861 -

^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on moon}
^{1986 Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl}
^{1989 Berlin wall falls}

^{1912 Titanic sinks on maiden voyage}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1922 USSR formed by Soviet states}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}

^{1869 Opening of Suez Canal}
^{1871 Franco - Prussian War}
^{1895 Marconi invents wireless telegraphy}
^{1899 Boer War begins}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}




	^{Olive Compston}^{b.1885 d.1952 Katan, Western Australia}		^{William Compston}^{b.1861 d.1937 Frema, Western Australia}

	^{Arthur James Compston}^{b.1886 d.1942}

	^{William Anthony Sutton Compston}^{b.1888 d.1922}

	^{Edith Compston}^b.1891 d.

	^{Robert Albert Compston}^b.1895 d.		^{Ellen Susan Sutton}^{b. Victoria, Australia d.1916}

	^{Charles Alexander Compston}^{b. Private d.}

	^{Eliza Mary Compston}^{b. Private d.}