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Henry Cyril Percival HAMPTON

Regimental number1491
Place of birthBlack Street,Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria
SchoolGrammar School, Bendio, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStriker
Address12 Oxford Street, South Yarra, Melbourne,
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Jane Hampton, 137 Kerford Road, Albert Park, Victoria
Previous military service5 years, 8th Infantry Regiment, Bendigo and also1st Class.
Enlistment date27 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularMarksman Bendigo Rifle Club
FateKilled in Action 21 October 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Henry Cyril
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialShell Green Cemetery (Plot II, Row I, Grave No. 3), Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
59
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Jane HAMPTON, 317 Esplanade East, Port Melbourne, Victoria. Native of Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother; Aubrey L.B. Hampton who won the Military Medal at Pozieres, Somme, France.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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