HAMPTON, Robert John
| Service Number: | 20255 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Dungog, New South Wales, Australia, February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Girvan, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bus driver |
| Died: | Broncho pneumonia, Delhi Hospital, Military Hospital, Tidworth, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 6 March 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Tidworth Military Cemetery, England Tidworth Military Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 253), North Tidworth, Wiltshire, Tidworth Military Cemetery, Tidworth, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 20255, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 20255, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 6 Mar 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 20255, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 20255 awm_unit: Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-03-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 6th March.... Robert John Hampton was born at Dungog, New South Wales, Australia in 1896. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 5th June, 1917 as a 21 year old, single, Bus Driver from Dungog, NSW.
Private Hampton was transferred to Engineer Reinforcements on 5th July, 1917 as Sapper.
Sapper Robert John Hampton entrained from Sydney on 18th November, 1917 & embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Nestor (A71) on 21st November, 1917 with the Field Companies Engineers – September, 1917 Reinforcements & disembarked at Suez on 15th December, 1917. Sapper Hampton was sent sick to Hospital on 23rd December, 1917. He was admitted to Government Hospital, Suez on 23rd December, 1917 with Pyrexia (Fever of unknown origin). Sapper Hampton was discharged to duty on 14th January, 1918 & was taken on strength of Miscellaneous Details, Australian Camp, Suez on 14th January, 1918.
Sapper Robert John Hampton was transferred to Alexandria on 22nd January, 1918 for embarkation overseas. He embarked from Alexandria on 29th January, 1918 on H.M.T. Abbasiah & disembarked at Taranto, Italy. Sapper Hampton later disembarked at Southampton, England on 16th February, 1918.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
Sapper Robert John Hampton was marched in to Details No. 3 Camp at Parkhouse, Wiltshire, England on 16th February, 1918 from Australia.
Sapper Robert John Hampton was sent sick to Delhi Hospital on 25th February, 1918 from No. 3 Details Camp. He was admitted to Hospital at Tidworth with Pleurisy the same day.
Sapper Robert John Hampton died at 5.50 pm on 6th March, 1918 at Military Hospital, Tidworth, Wiltshire, England from Broncho Pneumonia. A Telegram from C. O. No. 3 Camp, Parkhouse to Administrative Headquarters, A.I.F., London, was sent to advise of Sapper Hampton’s death. The place of death was listed as “Delhi Hospital.”
He was buried in Tidworth Military Cemetery, Wiltshire, England where 172 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/g---ha.html
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