- First Name(s):Wilfred
- Surname:QUIHAMPTON
- Service Number:4297
- Rank:
Private
- Conflict:WW1
- Service:Army
- Army Sector:Infantry
- Corps:Australian Imperial Force
- Regiment:Australian Infantry
- Battalion:54th Battalion
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:19th July 1916
- Age At Death:29
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France, Grave 11.
- Place of Birth:Native of Barnet, Herts
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:
Son of William G. and Clara Quihampton, of Wood Cottage, Nutfield, Surrey, England
QUIHAMPTON Wilfred Is Named On These Memorials
Further Information About QUIHAMPTON Wilfred
Wilfred Quihampton was born in 1886. He attended Malvern College in House 3 from September 1901 to 1903.
Wilfred Quihampton enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 7th August 1915 at Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia. On his attestation paper he gave his place of birth as Barnet, England, his age as 30 years and his occupation as a farm labourer. His next of kin was his father, W.G. Quihampton, Nutfield, Red Hill, Surrey, England. Wilfred was 6 feet tall with a dark complexion, grey eyes and brown hair.
On 16th February 1916 Wilfred was posted from the 1st Training Battalion to the 54th Battalion, joining them at Tel-El-Kebir, Egypt. He embarked with the battalion on the H.T. Caledonian at Alexandria on 19th June 1916 to join the British Expeditionary Force in France, disembarking at Marseilles on 19th June 1916. Wilfred was reported missing in action between 19th and 20th July 1916. This was confirmed as killed in action following a Court of Inquiry held in France on 4th August 1917.
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