HILLIER, James Edward
| Service Number: | 2389 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1915, 5th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Redbank Plains, Queensland, Australia, 6 May 1886 |
| Home Town: | Goodna, Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Eidsvold, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia, 27 February 1954, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Redbank Plains State School Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2389, 25th Infantry Battalion, 5th Reinforcements | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2389, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2389, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane | |
| 28 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 23 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Boulogne, France | |
| 9 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Sep 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2389, 9th Infantry Battalion, per Suffolk | |
| 10 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2389, 9th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
James was the fifth of nine children of Jesse Hillier (born 1839 at Horsley in Gloucestershire, England) and his second wife Margaret Bates (born 1856 in Ireland). Jesse worked as a Labourer, bush carpenter and contractor, Squatter, Fisherman and Timbercutter. He and Margaret married in 1877 in Brisbane, QLD and raised their family at Humpy Bong in the Redcliffe District in QLD.
James was working as a Labourer at Goodna in QLD when he enlisted in the AIF in August 1915. He served as a Private (Service No:2389) with 25th Battalion 5th Reinforcements, 9th Infantry Battalion and 69th Infantry Battalion in Egypt and France and was Discharged in October 1919. Younger brother Joseph Herbert (Sergeant, Service No:1539) served with 5th Australian Pioneers and died of wounds on 31 August 1918 in France.
Returning from War, James worked as a Labourer around QLD - Bundaberg, Nambour, Mount Morgan, Chinchiila before retiring in Eidsvold in the Burnet Region in QLD. James died in 1954.