George Thomas HILL MID

HILL, George Thomas

Service Number: 108
Enlisted: 8 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 1st Field Ambulance
Born: Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 1885
Home Town: Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling: Fort Street School Model School, Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Accountant
Died: Wounds - left shoulder, 19th General Hospitla, Alexandria, Egypt, 16 July 1915
Cemetery: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
Row M, Grave 6 Headstone inscription reads: Esteemed by his comrades, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

8 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 108, 1st Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 108, 1st Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 108, 1st Field Ambulance, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
16 Jul 1915: Involvement Lance Corporal, 108, 1st Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 108 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-07-16
16 Aug 1915: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Awarded in the London Gazette, Supplement, No. 29354 on 5 November 1915; Commonwealth Gazette, No. 12 on 27 January 1916

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Peter and Isabella Hill of 4 Bligh Street, Newton, NSW. Brother of Harold Septimus Hill who returned to Australia on 1 August 1918 having served with the 13th Battalion and Nellie Marie Hill

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal