Ernest HILL

HILL, Ernest

Service Number: 2425
Enlisted: 3 June 1915
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 54th Infantry Battalion
Born: Cutcombe, Somerset, England, 1877
Home Town: Maryvale, Wellington, New South Wales
Schooling: Cutcombe [sic] School, Taunton, Somerset, England
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery: Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais
Grave I. K. 11.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

3 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2425
14 Jul 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2425, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
14 Jul 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2425, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2425, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2425 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Served in the British Army (Devonshire Infantry) in India and in the South African War (at Ladysmith).
Cutcombe is a village and civil parish 9 miles (14 km) south of Minehead and north of Dulverton straddling the ridge between Exmoor and the Brendon Hills in Somerset.
Enlisted 2/3 June 1915 at Liverpool, New South Wales
Private-2nd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 14 July 1915
Sergeant 54th Battalion

War service: Egypt,

Disembarked Alexandria, 28 December 1915.

Promoted to Lance Corporal, Tel el Kebir, 8 January 1916.

Transferred to 54th Bn, 12 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916.

Promoted Corporal, 1 March 1916; Sergeant, 1 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Gallipoli,  [He was one of the last three in the trenches during the evacuation from Gallipoli. (details from his mother).

Promoted to Temporary Sergeant, Composite Company, 9th Bn, Gallipoli, 1 October 1915.

Joined 2nd Bn, Gallipoli, 31 October 1915, and reverted to the rank of Private.

 

Western Front-Killed in Action, aged 39 between 19-20 July 1916-this was at the time of the Battle of Fromelles which was near Fleurbaix]

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