HILTON, David
| Service Number: | 15465 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 15th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Dundee, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Northcote, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St Georges National School, Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium, 26 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7. , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 15465, Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 15465, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 15465, 15th Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 15465 awm_unit: 15th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
15th Field Coy., Australian Engineers
He was 39 and the son of David and Catherine Hilton; husband of Eva Christina Hilton, of Shepparton, Victoria. He also left a son, David Craig Hilton.
Age on arrival in Australia-34
Address-17 Aberdeen Grove, Northcote, Victoria.
Enlistment date-25 February 1916
Rank on enlistment-Sapper
Unit name-September 1916 Reinforcements.
Age at embarkation-37
AWM Embarkation Roll number-14/42/2
Embarkation details
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October 1916.
War service: Western Front
David is remembered on the St. George's Great War Memorial now located in St. Thomas's Church,Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1.Also commemorated on this memorial is Australian soldier, Private Arthur George Hill who fell just days after David on 3rd October 1917 and who is also officially commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
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