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Trooper Frederick Selwyn Hampton
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TitleTrooper Frederick Selwyn HamptonSummaryA soldier in World War One. DescriptionFrederick was born at Spreydon, Christchurch on 22 February 1894, son of Dudley and Margaret Hampton. Before enlisting he was farming with his brother Dudley at Ballykillbeg Farm, Jamiesons Road, Chertsey. Frederick had previous military experience having served five years with the 8th, South Canterbury Mounted Rifles. He was 5ft 9½in tall with a medium complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. Family history notes that he and Ella Ivy Stringfellow were engaged to be married before he enlisted.
Frederick enlisted at Ashburton on 24 July 1917 and was assigned to 32nd Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade. During training at Trentham he lost four day’s pay for being absent without leave on 20 October 1917. He embarked on 13 November 1917 aboard the SS Tofua for Suez and arrived just before Christmas on 21 December 1917. He marched in and was posted to TRG regiment at Moascar on the same day. Moascar is located west of Ismailia on the Railway line to Cairo. After Christmas in Moascar he was sent to hospital with tonsillitis on 24 January 1918 not returning to his unit until 19th February. After returning to duty he was transferred to the Mounted Rifles on 28 April and then posted to 1st Squadron on the field on 5th May. The hard conditions took a toll and on 11th July he was sent to hospital in Gaza, sick with Malaria. A month later on 8th August he was transferred to General Hospital in Heliopolis. He was finally discharged on 22nd August and then back to the Mounted Rifles 5th October. He embarked for the Dardanelles from Alexandria on 27 November 1918. He was admitted to hospital in Chanak, at the entrance to the Sea of Marmara, with influenza on 9 December and moved to Constantinople where he was declared dangerously ill on Christmas day. He died three days later on 28 December aged 24, and was buried the next day at the Chanak Consular Cemetery not far from Gallipoli. In New Zealand Frederick is remembered on the Leeston Plaque of the Ellesmere County War Memorial and the Southbridge School Roll of Honor.
The Consular Cemetery was used for three naval burials in April 1915 and between 1918 and 1920, it was used again by No.84 Field Ambulance, No.28 Casualty Clearing Station and No.49 Stationary Hospital which were stationed at Chanak.First NameFrederick SelwynLast NameHamptonFamilyEngaged to Ella Ivy StringfellowSon of Dudley and Margaret HamptonDate of Birth22 February 1894Place of BirthSpreydon, ChristchurchDate of Death28 December 1918Place of DeathConstantinopleCause of DeathInfluenzaAge at Death24
Frederick enlisted at Ashburton on 24 July 1917 and was assigned to 32nd Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade. During training at Trentham he lost four day’s pay for being absent without leave on 20 October 1917. He embarked on 13 November 1917 aboard the SS Tofua for Suez and arrived just before Christmas on 21 December 1917. He marched in and was posted to TRG regiment at Moascar on the same day. Moascar is located west of Ismailia on the Railway line to Cairo. After Christmas in Moascar he was sent to hospital with tonsillitis on 24 January 1918 not returning to his unit until 19th February. After returning to duty he was transferred to the Mounted Rifles on 28 April and then posted to 1st Squadron on the field on 5th May. The hard conditions took a toll and on 11th July he was sent to hospital in Gaza, sick with Malaria. A month later on 8th August he was transferred to General Hospital in Heliopolis. He was finally discharged on 22nd August and then back to the Mounted Rifles 5th October. He embarked for the Dardanelles from Alexandria on 27 November 1918. He was admitted to hospital in Chanak, at the entrance to the Sea of Marmara, with influenza on 9 December and moved to Constantinople where he was declared dangerously ill on Christmas day. He died three days later on 28 December aged 24, and was buried the next day at the Chanak Consular Cemetery not far from Gallipoli. In New Zealand Frederick is remembered on the Leeston Plaque of the Ellesmere County War Memorial and the Southbridge School Roll of Honor.
The Consular Cemetery was used for three naval burials in April 1915 and between 1918 and 1920, it was used again by No.84 Field Ambulance, No.28 Casualty Clearing Station and No.49 Stationary Hospital which were stationed at Chanak.First NameFrederick SelwynLast NameHamptonFamilyEngaged to Ella Ivy StringfellowSon of Dudley and Margaret HamptonDate of Birth22 February 1894Place of BirthSpreydon, ChristchurchDate of Death28 December 1918Place of DeathConstantinopleCause of DeathInfluenzaAge at Death24
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CollectionSoldiers of Selwyn World War OneImageLeeston and Ellesmere County War MemorialMore InformationAuckland War Memorial Cenotaph
Military Service
Memorial or CemeteryEllesmere County War MemorialSouthbridge School Roll of HonorOccupation before EnlistingFarmerRegiment or ServiceCanterbury Mounted RiflesEnlistment Details24th July 1917 in AshburtonService Number62986Embarkation13th November 1917TransportTofuaReinforcement32nd ReinforcementsCountryNew Zealand
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Researched ByL. M. Seaton
Trooper Frederick Selwyn Hampton. Selwyn Stories, accessed 16/05/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/217