HAMILTON, Allan Graham
| Service Number: | 20297 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 December 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Cudgewa North, Towong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Walwa, Victoria, Australia, 1959, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Corryong State School No 1309 Honor Roll, Cudgewa War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 20297, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 20297, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 20297, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 3 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, TOS England, proceeded overseas, France 24-11-1916 | |
| 8 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, Remustered as Gunner at own request (field) | |
| 11 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 20297, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, RTA per Borda, disembarked Melbourne 27-06-1919 | |
| 12 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 20297, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column |
Allan Graham Hamilton
ALLAN GRAHAM HAMILTON (1884-1959) born at Oxley VIC, son of William Charles and Sarah Hamilton nee Mills. Allan enlisted as Driver 20297, 3rd Division Ammunition Column on December 17th, 1915. He sailed from Melbourne on May 30th, 1916 on the HMAT Medic and served with the 8th Field Artillery Brigade on the French-Belgium border during WW1. He was returned to Australia on May 1st, 1919. The HMAT Medic was owned by the White Star Line, was of 12,032 tons and had a top speed of 13 knots or 24/07 kph. The vessel had also been used in the Boer War.
JOHN HENRY Jack HAMILTON (1888-1953) born at Hedley VIC, son of William Charles and Sarah Hamilton nee Mills. John enlisted to serve in WW1, as Private 809a, 39th Battalion, on February 25th, 1916 at the headquarters, Infantry Base Depot. He embarked for the front on HMAT Ascanius at Melbourne MAY 27th, 1916. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for acts of Devotion in France in 1917. For Conspicuous gallantry in Action – he removed a wounded officer to a place of safety and destroyed a dugout and killed five of the enemy. He was severely wounded in the process.
At Armentierres on the night 9/10th January, 1917, he was a member of the left assault party in a raid on the enemy trenches, carried out by his battalion. When his Officer was wounded by a revolver shot for an enemy dugout, he removed him to a place of safety and destroyed the dugout with explosives, the four occupants being killed. He then threw a bomb into the debris, shot another German with his revolver and succeeded in getting the body of his Officer out of the enemy trench. Although severely wounded he returned to our trenches and reported his party all correct, before he reported himself as a casualty.
He received promotions to Lance-Corporal, and Sargent, HQ AIB , returned to Australia May 23rd,1917,
[DAVIS OF GOUNYAN - ROLL OF HONOUR - B M Pittman]
Submitted 26 April 2015 by Beryl Pittman