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HAMILTON, George Ernest

Service Numbers:	S/1968, S1968
Enlisted:	17 August 1933
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Canberra (I)
Born:	Emmaville, New South Wales, Australia, 4 January 1912
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Savo Island, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 9 August 1942, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" George Ernest Hamilton's name is located at panel 2 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan)., Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Plymouth Naval Memorial

Non Warlike Service

17 Aug 1933:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, S/1968

World War 2 Service

17 Aug 1933:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, S/1968
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Able Seaman, S1968, HMAS Canberra (I)

George Ernest Hamilton Details

George was born in 1912 in Emmaville, NSW, Australia and is an older brother to my grandfather, Athol Charles Hamilton, born 10 November 1921.

Submitted 4 October 2020 by Tanya Hamilton

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