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HAMPTON, Bernard
Personal Details
| Other Name: | Hampton, William Bernard |
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| Service Number: | QX25619 |
| Enlisted: | 15 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Bowen, Queensland, Australia, 31 July 1924 |
| Home Town: | Bowen, Whitsunday, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Gumlu State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Armadale, Western Australia, 2 April 2002, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bowen General Cemetery, Qld Monumental Section 3 14.14.02, Grave 4545 |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 15 Dec 1941: | Involvement QX25619 | |
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| 15 Dec 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 15 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX25619 | |
| 18 Feb 1947: | Discharged | |
| 18 Feb 1947: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX25619 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Greg Hampton
William (QX25619) enlisted in the AIF during WWII as Bernard Hampton, giving his NoK as Ernest Hampton. He gave his birth date as 2nd November 1922 and being born in Dokitfold England when in-fact he was born on the 31st July 1924 in Bowen Qld.
William's war service record obtains a Statutory Declaration dated 4th April 1996 and states that his full name is William Bernard Hampton and in an accompanying letter he admits he was born on the 31st July 1924 and he was 17 years of age when he enlisted on the 14 of December 1941.
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