Victor Albert HAMPTON

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Service Number:	TX5574
Enlisted:	2 July 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia, 7 June 1917
Home Town:	Paradise, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 15 September 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot A. Row C. Grave 3. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVED ONES"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sheffield War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, TX5574
2 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX5574, 2nd/31st Infantry Battalion

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