Robert Bertram HILL

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Service Number:	7024
Enlisted:	16 November 1916, Claremont, Tas.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 9 July 1888
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, 15th CCS, Ebblinghem, France, 5 June 1918, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Ebblinghem Military Cemetery Plot II, Row D, Grave No.I
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bushy Park Upper Derwent Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Kettering War Memorial, New Norfolk War Memorial

16 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7024, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas.
22 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 7024, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 7024, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
4 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7024, 12th Infantry Battalion, SW to side sustained near Strazeele. Evacuated to 15th CCS at Ebblinghem, where he died of his wounds the next day 5 June 1918.

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