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Stanley James HILLIS

Regimental number22195
Place of birthRed Hill, nr Dromand, Victoria
SchoolTrafalgar State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressTrafalgar, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, W J Hillis, Trafalgar, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date1 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameHowitzer Brigade 23, Battery 108
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/133/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 14 June 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialKandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave 16), Neuve-Eglise, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
16
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: william and Annie HILLIS. native of Trafalgar, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 177 Lance Corporal Joseph Edwin HILLIS, 4th Bn, killed in action.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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