Derek Thompson
Background
Born 19/12/1950 in London, England
Migrated to Australia with family in 1957.
Settled in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
Educated: Penrith High School (HSC 1969), University of Sydney (BE conferred 1975)
Married Margaret, also from Penrith, on 7/12/1974 and moved to Kingswood (next to Penrith) from where I commuted to work in Sydney.
Children: Cally (b. 24/6/1981) and Rhona (b. 8/3/1984)
Employment: Electrical Engineer and Project Manager with NSW Public Works 1975 - 2009.
Moved to the Illawarra area in 1987 to work on the Port Kembla Grain Terminal construction and from 1990 worked in the South Coast Regional Office of Public Works in Wollongong.
Churches attended after becoming a Christian in 1974: St Mary's Salvation Army Corp (1975), St Philip's Anglican Church Kingswood (1976 - 1987), St Lukes Anglican Church Warilla (1987 - 1989), Congregational Church Wollongong (1990 - 2000), South Coast City Church Shellharbour, now called Grace Church, Shellharbour City (2000 - present).
Migrated to Australia with family in 1957.
Settled in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
Educated: Penrith High School (HSC 1969), University of Sydney (BE conferred 1975)
Married Margaret, also from Penrith, on 7/12/1974 and moved to Kingswood (next to Penrith) from where I commuted to work in Sydney.
Children: Cally (b. 24/6/1981) and Rhona (b. 8/3/1984)
Employment: Electrical Engineer and Project Manager with NSW Public Works 1975 - 2009.
Moved to the Illawarra area in 1987 to work on the Port Kembla Grain Terminal construction and from 1990 worked in the South Coast Regional Office of Public Works in Wollongong.
Churches attended after becoming a Christian in 1974: St Mary's Salvation Army Corp (1975), St Philip's Anglican Church Kingswood (1976 - 1987), St Lukes Anglican Church Warilla (1987 - 1989), Congregational Church Wollongong (1990 - 2000), South Coast City Church Shellharbour, now called Grace Church, Shellharbour City (2000 - present).