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HAMILTON, Ronald Garnet

Service Number:	NX115734
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 Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
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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
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 (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, NX115734
6 Oct 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, NX115734

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