Arthur Claude HAMILTON

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HAMILTON, Arthur Claude

Service Number:	SX841
Enlisted:	20 October 1939, Mount Gambier, SA
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	9th Divisional Supply Column (AASC)
Born:	Mount Gambier, South Australia, 6 November 1909
Home Town:	Moorak, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer Moorak Butter Factory
Died:	29 July 1969, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Carinya Gardens Cemetery, Mount Gambier, South Australia Cypress 1, Allotment G, Row 3-1
Memorials:	Mount Gambier Branch No 2 Memorial

World War 2 Service

20 Oct 1939:	Involvement Lance Sergeant, SX841
20 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Mount Gambier, SA
20 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, SX841
20 Oct 1943:	Wounded Lance Sergeant, SX841, 9th Divisional Supply Column (AASC), WIA (bombing) New Guinea, shrapnel wounds both legs and abdomen
25 Aug 1944:	Discharged
25 Aug 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, SX841

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Biography contributed by Karen Standen

“NEWS OF THE FORCES
Sgt. Claude Hamilton, A.I.F., 9th Div., who was badly wounded in New Guinea 10 months ago, has been home on leave staying with his parents in Ferrers Street. He has returned to Adelaide for further treatment in hospital. He is only able at present to get about on crutches. He has four other brothers in the Forces, Perce, Bill, Ken, and Ron...” from Border Watch, 26 August 1944 (nla.gov.au).

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