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HAMILTON, William Hugh
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | 3 November 1914, Broadmeadows, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Natimuk, Victoria, Australia, 24 May 1894 |
Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
Schooling: | Ballarat High School, Victoria, Australia and Royal Military College, Duntroon, Australian Capitol Territory, Australia |
Occupation: | Staff Cadet at Royal Military College, Duntroon |
Died: | Killed In Action, Courtney's Post, Gallipoli, Turkey, 18 May 1915, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 17 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
3 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows, Vic. | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
19 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Courtney's Post |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Lieutenant William Hugh Hamilton (left), a Graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT, of Ballarat, Vic, was killed on 19 May 1915 during the Turkish attack on Courtney's Post, Gallipoli, in the same action for which L Cpl Albert Jacka was awarded the first Australian VC of WW1.
Source: Gallipoli Heroes, p.53