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Henry HILL

Regimental number292
Date of birth9 January 1893
Place of birthClutton, Somerset, England
SchoolNational School, Clutton, Somerset, England
Age on arrival in Australia20
ReligionCongregational
OccupationBlacksmith
Address33 Sanbourne Street, Warminster, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 8"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinAsher Hill, 33 Sanbourne Street, Warminster, England
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, Territorial Force, England
Enlistment date21 October 1914
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/15/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A47 Mashobra on 17 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Light Horse Regiment
Other details from Roll of Honour Circularb. 9 January 1893. Name given on RoH circular as Arthur Henry HILL.
FateKilled in Action 7 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 10), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
8
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Fremantle, 8 February 1915.

Admitted to No. 2 General Hospital (influenza), Mena, 12 April 1915; discharged for duty, 16 April 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 16 May 1915.

Killed in action, Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HILL Henry

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