HAMILTON, Archibald Douglas
| Service Number: | 558 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Mount Gambier Public School, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner, Railway Construction Worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 24 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Ovillers Military Cemetery Plot X, Row R, Grave 6, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 558, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 558, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 24 Jul 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 558, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 558 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-24 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Archibald Hamilton worked as a labourer in the Permanent Way Section of the Railways between Burbong (north of Queanbeyan) and Cooma.
Submitted 22 August 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Archibald Douglas HAMILTON was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia, about 1887. By the time of his enlistment at Kensington, Sydney, in August 1914 his family, including his mother, whom he named as his next of kin, was living in Albert Park, Melbourne.
He worked in the Per-Way Branch of the Railways. He worked as a temporary general labourer between Burbong (north of Queanbeyan) and Cooma.
He was allotted to the 3rd Battalion and left Australia from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Euripides’ on 20 October 1914. After further training in Egypt he landed on Gallipoli on Anzac Day or soon after. He was promoted to Lance Corporal a week later. He was evacuated on 14th May 1915 with Influenza. After a month in Egypt he returned to the front but was again evacuated with Lumbago and debility. At this time, he was classified as ‘B’ class, which probably meant that he was only fit for behind the lines work.
After the end of the Gallipoli campaign he embarked at Alexandria for passage to the Western Front, arriving at Marseilles on 28th June 1916. He was killed in action on France on 24 July 1916. He was buried SE of Pozières 3¾ miles NE of Albert. In the rationalisation of cemeteries after the war the remains were exhumed and re-interred at Ovillers Military Cemetery, Picardie, France.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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