HILL, James William Henry
| Service Number: | 1540 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 26 August 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval Plot 3, Row C, Grave 4. (Remains discovered 1936) , London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1540, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1540, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1540, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James Hill served on Gallipoli from the end of August 1915 with the 21st Battalion. He was shot in the thigh a week before Christmas and evacuated.
He was killed in action at Mouquet Farm on the 26 August 1916, a witness stating he was buried by shellfire in a trench.
The Commonwealth War Graves recovered a body in 1936 from near Pozieres, with several rings on the hand, and after a lengthy investigation they determined it to be the remains of James WH Hill, 21st Battalion. The one grave also contained the remains of 647 Sergeant T. Harvey MID, 21st Battalion, who died on the same day.