Regimental number | 1107 |
Place of birth | Brighton, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Railway porter |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Height | 5' 8.5" |
Weight | 175 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, I R Hamilton, Dunrobin Hank, Glenelg, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Morphettville, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A24 Benalla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Photo: Peter Dennis |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Maried Alice May ELLIOTT, spinster, aged 30, Weymouth Anglican Church, 9 December 1918. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Takada', 24 December 1918 (gun shot wound, abdomen); disembarked Adelaide, 6 February 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide, 30 June 1919. War service: 4 years 294 days (of which 4 years 111 days were abroad) Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 31 |
Place of burial | North Brighton Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HAMILTON Harold |