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George Thomas HILL

Regimental number108
Place of birthRyde, New South Wales
Place of birthRyde, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolFort Street Model School, Sydney, New South Wales
Other trainingAccountancy
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationAccountant
Address4 Bligh Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinFather, P C Hill, 4 Bligh Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Field Ambulance, B Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/44/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Ambulance
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29354 (5 November 1915); 'Commonwealth Gazette', No. 12 (27 January 1916).

Other details from Roll of Honour CircularTwice Mentioned in Despatches.
FateDied of wounds 16 July 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialChatby War Memorial Cemetery (Row M, Grave No. 6), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
182
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Peter and Isabella HILL
Family/military connectionsBrother: Lt Harold Septimus HILL
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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