Clement William Hampton (1893 - 1954)

Born 1893 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Died 29 Nov 1954 at about age 61 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Biography

Clement was born in Fremantle, Western Australia in 1893, the son of William Hampton and his wife Margaret R, nee Eddie.

He was educated at the Fremantle Government Boys' School.^[1]

In 1907 he was selected in a Western Australia team to tour the Eastern States in a Young Australia Football League.^[2]

Clement was a fitter by trade, having served an apprenticeship with the Western Australian Government Railway. He then worked for them as a locomotive fitter from Jan-Jun 1915. He was single and lived with his father at Claremont, Western Australia. (His father also worked for the Western Australian Government Railway Locomotive Workshops).

On 15 Jun 1915 he departed Fremantle on the SS "Osterley", having decided to work in the UK as a munitions worker. He travelled at his own expense. He disembarked in Plymouth, England on 16 Jul 1915.

Clement found work with Messrs. Clarke, Chapman & Co.'s Victoria Works at Gateshead on Tyne as an electrical fitter working on naval ships and submarines, commencing work on 28 Jul 1915.

On 20 Jul 1918 Clement applied to become an Australian Munitions Worker under a joint Australian government/ British government scheme to supply skilled worker for the War effort in the UK. At the time the Australian government was very keen to have all private contract men brought under the scheme.

Clement was accepted and was issued with Australian Munitions Worker Badge No. 3098.

After the end of hostilities, Clement did not wait for the government to find a place on a ship to take hime back to Western Australia. Instead he signed on as an electrician with the SS "Kurumbah, an oil tanker, which departed England on 03 Apr 1919.

Clement married Emily P. Scrimgeour in Perth in 1922. It does not seem there were any children.

In 1950 he was injured when the car he was driving collided with a parked truck in Leighton, W.A. At the time he was an assistant manager and was living in Claremont, W.A.^[3]

It seems he was employed by the Anglo Iranian Oil Company.

He passed away in 1954. ^[4]

Research Notes

• Mother's funeral - Family Notices (1910, August 29). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved February 20, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26289536

Sources

1. ↑ FREMANTLE BOYS' SCHOOL. (1901, December 12). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved February 20, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24732687
2. ↑ THE EASTERN STATES'S TOUR (1907, August 19). The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1955), p. 10. Retrieved February 20, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77842431
3. ↑ ACCIDENTS ON ROADS (1950, October 2). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 8. Retrieved February 20, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47889934
4. ↑ Death and Funeral Notices - Family Notices (1954, November 30). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 24. Retrieved February 20, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52967271

• Birth - Western Australia BDM Birth index - Hampton Clement William; William; Eddie Margaret R; Fremantle; 1268; 1893

• WW1 Australian Munitions Worker Service File - National Archives of Australia - HAMPTON Clement William - Munitions Worker Number 3098 - http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=6429016

• Marriage - Western Australia BDM Marriage index - Hampton Clement W; Male; Scrimgeour Emily P; Female; Perth; 421; 1922

• Death - Western Australia BDM Death index - Hampton Clement William; Male; 61; William; Mary R; Perth; 2900; 1954