HILLIER, Roy
| Service Number: | 14809 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 September 1915, Bendigo |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Violet St School / Bendigo School of Mines, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Natural causes, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1963 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo St. John's Presbyterian Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 14809, Bendigo | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 14809, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 14809, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 20 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 14809, 10th Field Ambulance, GSW left leg (severe) | |
| 10 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 14809, 10th Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Larna Malone
Roy Hillier was born in Bendigo. He was a Miner, and had attended the Violet Street School and the School of Mines. On his Service papers he listed his grandmother, Mrs Isabella Hillier, of 164 Inglewood Rd, Bendigo, as his next-of-kin. He had completed 3 years’ previous service with the AAMC, 17th Brigade (CMF).
He enlisted in Bendigo on 7.9.15, aged 21 years and 6 months. He was 5’ 5” in height, with a fair complexion, grey eyes and red hair. On 19.10.15 he joined the Australian Army Medical Corps at Ascot Vale and was issued with Service No. 14809. He was transferred to the Clearing Hospital at Broadmeadows on 1.6.16 and embarked for overseas with the Army Medical Corps Details on 25.9.16.
He disembarked in England and was attached to AAMC No. 2 Depot at Parkhouse on 14.11.16. On 15.6.17 he embarked for France and joined No. 10 Field Ambulance (29.6.17). He was Wounded in Action on 20.5.18, sustaining a Bomb wound to his left leg. The entry in the unit War Diary noted: “As a result of bombs dropped by hostile aeroplane about 10 pm in vicinity of old aerodrome Allonville.” He was taken to the Casualty Clearing Station and then transferred to hospital in England. He re-joined his unit in France on 3.12.18.
After the Armistice he was diagnosed with Bronchitis and admitted to hospital in England. (9.3.19) He embarked for return to Australia on 12.5.19.
“The Men Listed on the Roll of Honour, St John’s Presbyterian Church, Bendigo”: Larna Malone
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