Regimental number | 7357 |
Place of birth | Mambray Creek, South Australia |
School | State School |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Illabo, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 31 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs E A Hillam, Illabo Post Office, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 3rd Battalion, 24th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/20/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 31 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 32 |
Place of burial | Hooge Crater Cemetery (Plot IXa, Row C, Grave No. 5), Zillebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 36 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Marion HILLAM; husband of Eva HILLAM, 'Greendale', Illabo, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 2094 Pte George Priestley HILLAM, 43rd Bn, died 31 July 1917; 6737 Pte Hugh HILLAM, 14th Bn, killed in action, 12 April 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |