Hugh HILLAM

Regimental number6737
Place of birthMambray Creek, South Australia
SchoolYathella Public School, via Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressWallace Town via Wagga, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Mr S Hillam, Wallace Town via Wagga, New South Wales
Enlistment date27 July 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll29 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Port Napier on 17 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 April 1918
Place of death or woundingnr Corbie, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row H, Grave No. 21), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
115
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Jean HILLAM, Wallacetown, New South Wales. Native of South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 7357 Pte Allan Eglington HILLAM, 3rd Bn, killed in action, 22 March 1918; 2094 Pte George Priestley HILLAM, 43rd Bn, died, 31 July 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal