Arthur Richard HAMMILL

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HAMMILL, Arthur Richard

Service Number:	4442
Enlisted:	27 November 1915, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 14 August 1879
Home Town:	Glebe, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School
Occupation:	Marble and Stone Polisher
Died:	Killed in Action, Somme, France, 19 May 1918, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

27 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4442, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4442, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4442, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
15 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4442, 18th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the face

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Joseph Hammill and Jane Hepburn (nee Drever) Hammill; brother of Eva Jane Hammill, Elsie Adelaide Hammill, Fanny Valette Hammill, Hilda Neil Hammill, Albert James Hammill, Ethel Blanche Hammill and Hugh Anderson Hammill

Husband of Edith Margaret Jseophine Hammill of 7 Kenny Street, Wollongong, NSW formerly of St George's Parade, Hurstville, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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