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HAMPSON, Patrick Thomas

Service Number:	VX29050
Enlisted:	21 June 1940, Enlisted at Caulfield, Victoria, 17 Anti Tank Regiment
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	Anti Tank Batteries / Companies
Born:	Yarraville, Victoria, Australia, 23 August 1914
Home Town:	Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck Driver
Died:	Executed whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 4 February 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Grave Reference, Location ~ Plot B. Row C. Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "I SHALL NEVER FORGET MY HERO WHO DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE... LOVED BY ALL".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Warragul War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, VX29050, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies
21 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX29050
21 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX29050, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies, Enlisted at Caulfield, Victoria, 17 Anti Tank Regiment
4 Feb 1942:	Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX29050, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies, Executed by Japanese - Gunner Patrick Thomas Hampson was one of approximately 160 Australian soldiers massacred by Japanese soldiers in separate incidents at the Tol Plantation in New Britain on 4 February 1942

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