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HAMILTON, Ronald Garnet
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX115734 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1914, Qualified as 2nd Lt 1910 Lt 25th Signal Coy Signalling Cert. 14.5 years |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 27 April 1887 |
| Home Town: | Lindfield, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Warehouseman |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 29 August 1956, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Qualified as 2nd Lt 1910 Lt 25th Signal Coy Signalling Cert. 14.5 years | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lieutenant, 1st Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jul 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Divisional Signal Company | |
| 27 Jan 1916: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 6 Apr 1916: | Honoured Military Cross, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Distinguished himself repeatedly under fire in maintaining communication with captured trenches. 6th-9th August 1915 - Gallipoli | |
| 27 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Divisional Signal Company | |
| 27 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Divisional Signal Company | |
| 29 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 3rd Divisional Signal Company | |
| 18 Apr 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 23 May 1919: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 26 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 3rd Divisional Signal Company |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, NX115734 | |
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| 6 Oct 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant Colonel, NX115734 |
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