Ian Pentland HAMILTON

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HAMILTON, Ian Pentland

Service Numbers:	6/400020, 6400020
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
Born:	Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia , 13 January 1913
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Killed in Action, Korea, 7 March 1951, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Korea Private Hamilton was originally interred at Tanggok Cemetery. Portion 1 Plot and Row 2 Grave No.22
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Korean Grove, Korea United Nations Memorial Cemetery Wall of Remembrance, Lady Barron Flinders Municipality War Memorial

Korean War Service

25 Jun 1950:	Involvement Private, 6/400020, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
17 Jan 1951:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 6400020

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

HAMILTON - In loving mem ory of Ian Pentland Hamilton, man, gentleman, full-time Australian citizen, killed in action, Korea.
He faced life with a smile and we, who love him, are certain he faced death that way too. Said the "Great Gardener": "I Will leave a pocket of my finest soil in this back-ward land, that perchance in this rich earth of sacrifice, the seeds of Freedom and Toleration may germinate and bear fruit."
-Rosemary. That's for remembrance, Ian.

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