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George HILLS

Regimental number308
Place of birthSpring Grove, Crookwell, New South Wales
SchoolKialla Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressCrookwell, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 8"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinAlfred Hills, Crookwell, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 6 months in the 11th Light Horse
Enlistment date22 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 August 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/6/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of wounds 8 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialAt Sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 1), 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
308
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Alfred and Rebecca HILLS, "Spring Grove", Crookwell, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Sydney, 20 October 1914.

Taken on strength, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli, 18 July 1915.

Died of wounds (gun shot wound, thigh), Hospital Ship 'Dunluce Castle', 8 August 1915; buried at sea between Anzac and Malta by A Maxwell.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HILLS George

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