George Priestley HILLAM

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HILLAM, George Priestley

Service Number:	2094
Enlisted:	27 June 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Pleasant, South Australia, 1 October 1879
Home Town:	Mount Pleasant, Barossa, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Appendicitis, 2nd Australian General Hospital Wimereux France, 31 July 1917, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - Hauts-de-France Plot II, Row O, Grave No. 12A
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Germein War Memorial, Port Pirie Fathers of Sailors and Soldiers Association Port Pirie District Roll of Honor WW1

World War 1 Service

27 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2094
27 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2094, 43rd Infantry Battalion
28 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2094, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
28 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2094, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide

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Biography contributed by Anthony Ralston

George Priestly was born on 1 October 1879 in South Australia, Australia. To Harriot and Priestly Hillam. He married Lydia Jesser on 23 August 1905 in Baroota, South Australia, Australia. They had two children during their marriage. When the first world war broke out George enlisted in the Australian Army and was part of The AIF on, 27 June 1916, he was placed into the 43rd Battalion,and obtained the rank of Private.After he completed his basic training George and his Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board the HMAT A68 Anchises on 28 August 1916.
Sadly George died on 31 July 1917 in Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 37. From illness, and was buried there, leaving his wife a widow and his children fatherless as so many soldiers did.

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