Stuart Samson HAMP

HAMP, Stuart Samson

Service Number: 869
Enlisted: 14 December 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born: Unley, South Australia, 3 April 1892
Home Town: Goomalling, Goomalling, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station-hand
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC
Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

14 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
8 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 869, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
8 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 869, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane
7 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 869, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 869 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07

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Biography

"WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

Mrs. Sam Morris, of Goomalling, has received intelligence of the death of her son, Private S. S. Hamp. He left Queensland with the Light Horse in March last, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles on August 7. Private Hamp, who was a South Australian by birth, was 23 years of age." - from the West Australian 11 Sep 1915 (nla.gov.au)

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