HAMPTON, Donald Lindsay John
| Service Numbers: | W7560, WX27050 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 August 1941, 11 Battalion |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Wagin, Western Australia, 15 November 1911 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Truck Driver |
| Died: | Perth, Western AUstralia, 29 August 1980, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W7560, 11 Battalion | |
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| 14 Jul 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W7560, 11 Battalion | |
| 15 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX27050 | |
| 29 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, WX27050, ex Brisbane to Morotai | |
| 2 Jun 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, WX27050, ex Morotai to British North Borneo per LST 697 | |
| 6 Feb 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX27050 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Len was the son of William Hampton (b1871 in NSW) and Matilda Jane Harper (b1875 in Allandale, Victoria). William (a Contractor) and Matilda married in Boulder/Kalgoorlie in 1905 and lived in Mt Leonora, Coolgardie - where William was a Miner and Contractor - before moving to Wagin in 1911. William worked as a Contractor in Dowerin while Matilda moved to Perth in the late 1920s - William followed his wife to Perth in the late 1930s.
Len worked as a Contractor in Dowerin WA with his father before moving to Perth by 1940. He was working as a Truck Driver in Leederville when he married Thelma May Dyson (nee O'Leary; b1911 in Perth, WA) in June 1941. In August 1941 he enlisted in the ACMF (Private/Sapper; Service No:W7560) and was attached to 11 Battalion when he Discharged in July 1942 to enlist in the AIF.
Len served as a Gunner (Service No:WX27050) in New Guinea (4 April 1943 - 20 March 1944) and in Borneo (4 May 1945 - 16 December 1945) with 55 Coy RAE and 2/3 AA Regiment S/L Battery. Len was Discharged in 1946. Brother Frederick James (Service No:29802) also served in WWII.
Following his Discharge, Len returned to Leederville and worked as a Labourer. Thelma died in 1951 and in 1953 Len remarried - Kathleen Ester Mary Ann Mills (nee McSweeney; b 1906 in Greenbushes, WA). The couple settled in Perth where Len worked as a Plasterer. Kathleen died in 1977 and Len in 1980.
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