William Charles HILL

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HILL, William Charles

Service Number:	5120
Enlisted:	17 November 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Paradise, South Australia, 7 August 1887
Home Town:	Paradise, Campbelltown, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 December 1916, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Campbelltown WW1 Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

17 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
25 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5120, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5120, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide

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Biography

"THE LATE PRIVATE W. C. HILL.

Private W. C. Hill, who was killed in France on December 19 was the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Hill, of Paradise. He enlisted in November, 1915, and left for the front the following March. He was 28 years of age, and a favorite among a large circle of friends. Private Hill, prior to enlisting, had a garden in the Paradise district, which he left to answer the call of duty." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 10 Feb 1917 (nla.gov.au)

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