William George HINES

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HINES, William George

Service Number:	2499
Enlisted:	27 May 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gripman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 April 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Commemorated in the Orange Cemetery, NSW, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board HR, Orange Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

27 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2499, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 2499, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 2499, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Joh and Eva C. Hines; brother of Phillip Edward Hines who returned to Australia on 21 April 1918 having served with the 17th Battalion and Maud Hines

Husband of Rita Vivian Hines of 543 Victoria Road, East Melbourne, Vic. Later of 45 Howes Crescent, Albert Park, Vic.

18 May 1916 - to hospital at Ras-el-Tin with Appendicitis

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Prior to enlisting he was a member of the Goulburn Rifle Club for 5 years

Biography contributed by Kerrie Madden

William George Hines was born to Eva & John Hines in 1886. His siblings were John George (Jack) Hines, Alice Hines, Elsie May Hines, Herbert Hines, Phillip Edward Hines, Mary Eva Hines, Robert Hines, Maud Ruth Hines, Eva Catherine Hines, Arthur Ernest Hines and Violet May Hines.

by Kerrie Madden, Great Niece and grand daughter of Violet May

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