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Alexander Hampden

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 298 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 298 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Hampden AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 8/3281 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    United Kingdom, Europe AWMM
    United Kingdom AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM City Buffet, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Sister Damian (sister), Convent, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 November 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 8/3281 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Alexander Hampden was one of 28 New Zealand servicemen who were court-martialled and sentenced to death during the First World War. His sentence was later squashed. Pugsley, ‘On the Fringe of Hell’, pp.350-51. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R16790905
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 298 AWMM
    • Pugsley, C. (1991). On the Fringe of Hell: New Zealanders and Military Discipline in the First World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Hodder & Stoughton. AWMM
      Pugsley, C. (1991). p. 350 AWMM

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