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HAMILTON, Francis James

Service Number:	736
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rochester, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Rochester, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Coach Painter
Died:	Terang, Victoria, Australia, 15 December 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Tongala Civil Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:	Rochester Holy Trinity Anglican Church Rochester & District Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 736, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 736, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
27 Aug 1916:	Honoured Military Medal, Awarded the Military Medal Recommended on 27 August 1916 together with Private Hunter "who worked incessantly for five days conveying wounded though physically exhausted they persisted in their honourable work for the greater period under heavy shell fire". During the period 22 to 27 August 1916 at Pozieres, France.

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