HILL, Percival James
| Service Number: | 51700 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 7 March 1902 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Poulterer |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 October 1977, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 51700 | |
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| 3 Dec 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 51700 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Percival was the fifth of six children of Arthur Hill (b1870 in Surrey, England) and Agnes Stewart (b1872 in Inglewood, Victoria). Arthur was a French Polisher when he immigrated and married Agnes in Melbourne, Victoia in 1893. Arthur and Agnes settled in Melbourne, Victoria where Arthur worked as a Printer.
In 1926 Percy was a Poulterer in Melbourne, Victoria when he married Ada (Dolly) Emma McNiff (b1904 at Steiglitz in Victoria. The couple settled in Melbourne where Percy was a Poulterer. He was in Bendigo, Victoria in March 1942 when he enlisted in the RAAF, and was a Leading Aircraftman (Service No:51700) attached to 1 Wireless and Gunnery School when he was Discharged in December 1945.
Settling back in Melbourne, Victoria, Percy worked as a Driver. He died in 1977 and Dolly in 1985.