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HAMPTON, Bertie  Leathem
(Service number 57509)

Esk Valley War Memorial - World War One plaque
St Andrews War Memorial, pictured in 2007
Name plaque (A-H)), St Andrews War Memorial, pictured in 2007
Aliases
First Rank Trooper Last Rank Trooper

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Teamster
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Joseph Hampton (father) Esk Valley, Saint Andrews, NZ
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 32nd Reinforcements Mounted Rifles Brigade
Date 13 November 1917
Transport tofua
Embarked From Wellington, NZ Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 20 May 1918 Age
Place of Death Palestine
Cause Died of Disease
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel
Memorial Reference V.48
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Esk Valley War Memorial; St Andrews War memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Joseph and Annie Hampton

Sources

Cenotaph Data Base, Auckland Museum

External Links

Related Documents

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Researched and Written by

Ann Munro

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