Personal Life
He was born at Ashwick Station near Fairlie (South Island, New Zealand).
Hamilton survived an aeroplane accident returning to Rongotai Airport (Wellington) in poor conditions on 19 February 1937. The collision with the anemometer took the starboard wing off the Miles Falcon Six he was travelling in, and killed pilot Malcolm "Mac" McGregor.
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