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Allan HILL

Regimental number926
Place of birthIndigo nr Chiltern, Victoria
SchoolGreat Southern State School, nr Rutherglen, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMiner
AddressGreat Southern, Rutherglen, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Hill, Great Southern, Rutherglen, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets from age 14.6.
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 21 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Belgium
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row F, Grave No. 13), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
50
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Peter and Elizabeth HILL, Great Southern, Rutherglen, Victoria

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