<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: William Wardlaw Thompson zuva rokuberekwa risingazivikanwi - akafa muna 1917 akanga ari nyanzvi yezvokudya zvomumvura uye nyanzvi yezvirimwa yokuSouth Africa. Zvinozivikanwa kuti akadzidza paSouth African College muCape Town pakati pa1858 na1863 uye kuti akawana basa pabasa rehurumende reCape Colony muna 1877 muDhipatimendi reZvitima semunyori wenguva pfupi. Muna January 1878 akawana basa risingagumi somunyori muDhipatimendi reMabasa Ovanhu, kwaakakwidziridzwa kuva First Clerk muna 1882. Muna Ndira 1885 akachinjirwa pachinzvimbo cheChief records Clerk paCrown Lands Office achisimudzirwa muna Chikunguru 1889 kuva munyori wekutanga kirasi kuDhipatimendi rezvekurima achiwana chinzvimbo cheanoshanda semunyori mukuru ipapo muna Mbudzi 1897. Izvi zvisati zvaitika akanga atora ndokupasa bvunzo dzake dzeCivil Service Law uye akashandawo neDuke of Edinburghs Own Volunteer Rifles muTranskei munguva ye  <response>: 9th Frontier War muna Kukadzi kusvika Chivabvu 1879 uye muBasutoland munaGunyana 1880 kusvika Kurume 1881 panguva yeBasuto Gun War. Thompson akagadzwa kuCape Colonys Fisheries Board muna Gumiguru 1897. 