Frederick William HAMILTON

HAMILTON, Frederick William

    Service Number: 2573
    Enlisted: 10 August 1916
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 33rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Snowtown, Wakefield - South Australia, Australia, date not yet discovered
    Home Town: Delungra, Inverell, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Memorials: Delungra ANZAC Park
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Aug 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2573, 33rd Infantry Battalion
    17 Nov 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2573, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    4 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2573, Battle of Messines, Prior to the attack on 7th June. No record of evacuation
    4 Jul 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2573, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory
    30 Jul 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2573, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
    28 Mar 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2573, 33rd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, In this period, the 3rd Division was holding the line around Sailly le Sec to Morlancourt on the Ancre, on the north bank of the Somme covering Corbie, for the critical week between 28th March and 5th April connecting the 4th Division near Dernancourt and units on the south side of the SOmme to Villers Bretonneux. The 9th Brigade was used in a major counter attack at Villers Bretonneux on the 4/5 April
    9 Apr 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 33rd Infantry Battalion
    5 May 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2573, 33rd Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front"
    29 Aug 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2573, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, The Third Division cleared the Bouchavesnes spur north of Mont St Quentin to secure the open northern flank of the attack.
    19 Sep 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 33rd Infantry Battalion
    20 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2573, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal

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