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Eric HILLMAN

Regimental number896
Place of birthDoncaster Vic
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFruit grower
AddressDoncaster, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Sleeth, Main Road, Doncaster, Victoria
Enlistment date6 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll37th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialTyne cot Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row E, Grave No. 12), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
128
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Annie SLEETH (formerly HILLMAN), Main Road, doncaster, Victoria, and the late Francis HILLMAN
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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