Richard Edgar Leslie Hampton (1891 - 1957)

Born 13 Oct 1891 in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Doig) Hampton — married 1 Apr 1918 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 1 Apr 1957 at age 65 in New Zealand

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Biography

Richard was born about 1891. He was the son of Benjamin Hampton and Sarah Unknown. He passed away about 1957.

He was a farmer in 1918 at Preston Farm, Newlands, Canterbury, New Zealand. Richard served in the Mounted Rifles Brigade Reinforcements, 1st NZEF on 9 August 1918 as a private 58125. He sailed as part of the 39th Reinforcements, on the S.S. Moeraki. He was (an unknown value) circa 1919 at Preston Farm, Newlands, Canterbury, New Zealand.6 He was a Sunshine header harvester owner after 1919 at Elgin, Canterbury, New Zealand.^[1]

Cenotaph

- FULL NAME

- Richard Edgar Leslie Hampton

- FORENAME(S)

- Richard Edgar Leslie

- SURNAME

- Hampton

- WAR

- World War I, 1914-1918

- SERIAL NO.

- 58125

- FIRST KNOWN RANK

- Trooper

- OCCUPATION BEFORE ENLISTMENT

- Farmer

- NEXT OF KIN

- B. Hampton (father), Newland, Ashburton, New Zealand

- BODY ON EMBARKATION

- New Zealand Expeditionary Force

- EMBARKATION UNIT

- 39th Reinforcements Mounted Rifles Brigade

- EMBARKATION DATE

- 9 August 1918

- PLACE OF EMBARKATION

- Wellington, New Zealand

- TRANSPORT

- Moeraki 9 August 1918

- VESSEL

- Moeraki

- DESTINATION

- Suez, Egypt

- NOMINAL ROLL NUMBER

- 89

- PAGE ON NOMINAL ROLL

- 2

- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

- Brother of Robert Ernest 78572

- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

- Moeraki then transhipped to "Port Sydney" at Sydney for Suez.

- ARCHIVES NZ SOURCE

- Military personnel file

- SOURCES USED

- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1919^[2]

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Sources

1. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p28678.htm#i286773
2. ↑ http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/114097.detail?keywords=Hampton%20Richard%20Edgar%20Leslie%20World%20War%20I,%201914-1918

• Birth - Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand Birth cert 1891/15479
• Marriage - Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand Marriage cert 1918/362
• Death - Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand Death cert 1957/22644 aged 65Y
• http://www.geni.com/people/Richard-Hampton/6000000004025922458