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HAMPSON, John
(Service number 14102)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Miner
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Margaret Hampson (mother), Grey Road, Reefton, NZ
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	5th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	26 June 1916
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti
Embarked From	Wellington, NZ	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Infantry

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 September 1916	Age
Place of Death	United Kingdom
Cause	Died of Disease
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Tidworth Military Cemetery, Wiltshire, England
Memorial Reference	C. 211
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

"Private J. Hampson, 14102, 1st Training Batt., died at Tidworth Militry Hospital on Wednesday, September 20th. He was buried at 111a.m. on Saturday, September 23rd, at Tidworth Cemetery. Wreaths were sent from the High Commissioner and the N.Z.W.C.A."( Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F September 29, 1916 p.57)

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Researched and Written by

Ann Munro

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