Joseph Finian HILTON

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	24 August 1915, 3 years with the 9th Morton Regiment
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Roma, Queensland, Australia, February 1889
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Surveyor
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 25 February 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Picardie, France
Memorials:	Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

24 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, 3 years with the 9th Morton Regiment
25 Oct 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sapper, Field Company Engineers
12 Nov 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Field Company Engineers
17 Jan 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion
25 Jan 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Field Company Engineers
20 Apr 1916:	Involvement 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Apr 1916:	Embarked 9th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
16 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion
25 Feb 1917:	Involvement Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-02-25

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