HAMILTON, Herbert Percival
| Service Number: | 783 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Moree, New South Wales, Australia, 10 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Moree Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
| Died: | Killed in action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Moree & District Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial, Moree Methodist Church Honour Roll, Moree Superior Public School WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 783, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 6 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 783, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan MacCorquodale embarkation_ship_number: A6 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 783, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Clan MacCorquodale, Sydney | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 783, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 783 awm_unit: 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Herbert was the son of Charles John and Harriet Josephine Hamilton, of Garah, New South Wales. He was born and raised in Moree, New South Wales.
His older brother, 1090 Pte Clive Stanley Hamilton 45th Battalion was killed in action in Belgium on 6 October 1916, aged 23. Another brother, 1127 Pte Charles Leslie Hamilton M.M., also of the 1st Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia in 1919.
Herbert arrived on Gallipoli during July 1915 and was killed in action 7 August 1915. In support of the August offensive, a charge was made by the 1st Light Horse Regiment from Popes Hill towards the Chessboard, by about two squadrons, or 200 men. There were heavy casualties, almost fifty men killed and ninety wounded. Herbert Percival Hamilton has no known grave.
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