| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR00759 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 2 wallets: 2 cm |
| Object type | Document |
| Maker |
Hampton, John Patrick |
| Date made | 1941-1945 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM371 95/0090 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Hampton, Sgt John Patrick (2/9 Australian Division Salvage Unit, b.1904 - d.1988)
Description
Collection relating to Sgt John P Hampton who served with 9th Division Salvage Unit during World War 2. Collection consists of mixed papers dated 1940 to 1945 which include a discharge certificate, AIF (ME) AASC qualifying certificate, drawings and poems by WX6051 Sergeant (Sgt) John Patrick Hampton MID, 2/9th Australian Division Salvage Unit. Also in the collection are typed official reports, covering the background and activities in Tobruk and Syria of the 2/9 Division Salvage Unit and another of the Alexandria Salvage Depot; various instructional notes; proceedings of a Court of Enquiry at Tripoli concerning loss of stores and equipment; typed copies of the unit's official war diary 1940-1943 (incomplete); three German propaganda pamphlets and a copy of an address to the AIF in the Middle East by General Harold Alexander, December 1942.