NF465811 PRIVATE Patricia June HAMPTON

Service No: NF456811
Service: Australian Women's Army Service
Place of Birth: Crookwell
Highlights: Patricia enlisted on 30 Nov 1943 aged 28 years. After initial training at Ingleburn, Patricia attended the Mess Stewards School and was then posted to 2 Australian Imperial Force Training Brigade in Bathurst on 5 Jan 1944.

Patricia was discharged on 23 Nov 1944. Patricia married NX178101 PTE William Leonard Bowen, at Raymond Terrace on 5 Dec 1944. They had served in Bathurst at the same time.

Patricia was living in Crookwell at the time of her marriage and had moved to Raymond Terrace in Sep 1945. William was discharged in May 1946. Patricia divorced William after 1959 as he had deserted her prior to 1952.

Patricia returned to Crookwell and later married NX207802 Geoffrey William Bates who was born in Crookwell and returned to Crookwell at the end of his service with British Commonwealth Occupation Forces Japan in 1947. They were married in Crookwell in 1960.