John Harvy Grant HAMILTON

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HAMILTON, John Harvy Grant

Service Number:	124
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1887
Home Town:	Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling:	Dyke Road School, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Occupation:	Mechanical Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 21
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lithgow Lone Pine Connection, Lithgow War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 124, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 124, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 124, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
11 Mar 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion
29 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 124, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 124 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-08-06

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Enlisted as John Hamilton

Arrived in Australia aged 22 years and was residing in Hayley Street, Lithgow, NSW at the time of enlistment

Son of William and Mary Grant Hamilton of Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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

Also served in the Royal Scots Territorials where he was considered to be a very good shot having won several prizes on the Rifle Range while serving

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