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HILLIS, Joseph Edwin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 177 |
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| 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, Trafalgar War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 177, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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