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HAMILTON, Alexander Wilson
Personal Details
Service Number: | 194 |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, 1883 |
Home Town: | Surrey Hills, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Timber worker |
Died: | Died of Wounds, Proyart, France, 23 August 1918 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camberwell War Memorial, Surrey Hills WWI, The Shrine, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 194, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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21 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, SN 194, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
21 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, SN 194, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, SN 194, 5th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli | |
23 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, SN 194, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
23 Aug 1918: | Wounded Sergeant, SN 194, 5th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Shell wound (thorax) |
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