HAMILTON, Frank Gordon
| Service Number: | 7872 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Riddell's Creek, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Agricultural Student |
| Died: | Killed in action, 5 October 1918, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7872, 1st Australian General Hospital | |
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| 5 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
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Son of James Babbington and Nora Teresa HAMILTON
Military Medal
'On the 3rd May at 4.30 a.m. at the Railway Embankment North of NOREUIL during heavy enemy shelling, the N.C.O., in charge of the bearers, summoned help and this man was one of the first to respond. he left the Regimental Aid Post and attended to wounded in the open and then carried them through barrage fire to the relay post. His work was in the open all the time. On many other occasions he showed fine courage and devotion in the care of the wounded, working 36 hours under conditions of great fatigue, though of poor physique.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189
Date: 8 November 1917
Bar to Military Medal
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 76
Date: 23 May 1918