Joseph Edwin HILLIS

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HILLIS, Joseph Edwin

Service Number:	177
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mornington, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Trafalgar, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telephone Mechanic
Died:	Died of wounds - chest, shoulder and multiple hip and leg wounds, Cairo, Egypt, 19 May 1915
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave 255 Rev. W. F. Edgar officiated
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney NSW Post Master General's Department Honour Roll, Trafalgar War Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 177, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 177, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 177, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
9 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 177, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Admitted to HS Gloucester Castle with chest, shoulder and multiple hip and leg wounds and invalided to Cairo
19 May 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 177, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 177 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-19

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William James and Annie Hillis of 'Ingleside', Trafalgar, Victoria.

Brother of Stanley James Hilles who was killed in action on 14 June 1917while serving with the Australian Artillery 10th Brigade, 110 Howitzer Battery. Stanley was buried in the Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Plot 11, Row B, Grave 16

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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