HAMPSON, Matthew Frederick
| Service Number: | 4658 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, January 1888 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 11 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barolin State School HR, Bundaberg Christ Church Roll of Honour, Bundaberg War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4658, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 4658, 31st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 4658, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
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From Bundaberg Regional Libraries.
Private Matthew Frederick Hampson enlisted in the AIF originally in early 1916, then asked in July 1916 for a discharge due to his ill health, and the ill health of his wife and children.He re-enlisted on 26.10.1916, and was sent to France as part of the 12th Reinforcements, 31st Infantry Battalion in July 1917.
Pte Hampson was listed as killed in action in the field killed on the 11 October 1917 at Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium. He is listed on the Menin Gate Memorial In Ypres, Flanders, and also in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
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