Martin Pascoe HILL

Regimental number3275
Place of birthBordertown, South Australia
Place of birthBeaufort, South Australia
SchoolSpalding Public School, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressBeaufort via Port Wakefield, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, J Hill, Beaufort via Port Wakefield, South Australia
Enlistment date30 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Howitzer Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of pneumonia contracted on board HMTS 'Caledonia' on voyage from Egypt to Marseilles, France. Buried in Moussot Cemetery, Marseilles.
FateDied of disease 17 May 1916
Place of death or woundingAt sea
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialMazargues Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 17), France)
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
21
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: J. and Annie HILL
Other details

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