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Herbert Thomas HAMILTON

Regimental number4505
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address186 Gipps Street, Abbotsford, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Mr T Hamilton, 50 Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date17 September 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 20), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
110
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 28 February 1916.

Taken on strength, 60th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Reported missing in Action, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note, Red Cross File No 1250503: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'

Statement, 52669 2nd Air Mechanic A.B. CRAIG, RFC, 12 November 1917: 'I saw Herbert Hamilton last July in Hospital at a place pronounced "HUNGSTUNGERAH" near Dorp, Germany. He told me that he came from corner of Gibb and Charles Street, Abbotsford, Victoria, he said he had written some letters but had received no replies. His right leg was off above the knee. This information is supplied voluntarily, I having escaped from Germany.'
SourcesNAA: B2455, HAMILTON Herbert Thomas
Red Cross File No 1250503

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