When Frederick George Tempany was born on 27 December 1898, in Richmond, Victoria, Australia, his father, John Archibald Tempany, was 20 and his mother, Alice Beatrice Bellamy, was 20. He married Jane Bremner on 6 October 1923, in Queensland, Australia. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 13 January 1935, in Queensland, Australia, at the age of 36, and was buried in Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland, Australia.