Regimental number | 2792 |
Place of birth | Hawthorn, Victoria |
School | West Hawthorn State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Hawthorn, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 6" |
Weight | 145 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M J Bill, 96 Elgin Street, Hawthorn, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 1 year in the Yarra Borderers, 56th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles) |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 20 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 15), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 167 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Mary J. BILL, 96 Elgin Street, Hawthorn, VIctoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 1314/1437 Pte Lawrence BILL, 14th Bn, returned to Australia, 20 October 1915. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Found guilty, 5 November 1915, of while on Active Service, parading sick without cause: awarded 5 days' confined to camp. Taken on strength of 8th Bn, Anzac, 7 December 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916. Transferred to 60th Bn, 22 February 1916; taken on strength of 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 24 February 1916. Transferred to 59th Bn, 15 March 1916; taken on strength of 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Note on B.103, 'presumed buried in No Man's Land at 5J9043 to 5K0251 Sheet Hazebrouck 5a'. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BILL Clive |