HILL, Joseph Thomas
Service Number: | 4301 |
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Enlisted: | 4 October 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Wolseley, South Australia, July 1886 |
Home Town: | Clare, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Gardener |
Died: | Died of wounds, Vignacourt, France, 27 June 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"...4301 Private Joseph Thomas Hill, 32nd Battalion. A gardener from Clare, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 11th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 7 November 1916 aboard HMAT Afric (A19) for Plymouth, England. Following training in England he proceeded to France and joined his battalion on the Western Front near Bapaume. He was injured in a training accident on 8 May 1917 and was hospitalised for 12 days. Pte Hill was wounded in action near Amiens, France, on 26 June 1918 and died of these wounds the next day at 61 Casualty Clearing Station. He was aged 32 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)