Hilary John DIGHTON

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Service Number:	2765
Enlisted:	2 June 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Augusta West, South Australia, 24 March 1898
Home Town:	Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 23 July 1916, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Augusta RSL Hall Circular Honour Roll, Port Augusta Roll of Honor Memorial, Soldiers' Memorial Band Rotunda, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

2 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2765, 10th Infantry Battalion
2 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2765, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
2 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2765, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide

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