Harry Osborne HILL

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HILL, Harry Osborne

Service Number:	523
Enlisted:	22 October 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Farrier Sergeant
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Pleasant St State School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farrier
Died:	Illness, Egypt, 22 May 1918
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row O, Grave 175. Inscription: WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough War Memorial

World War 1 Service

22 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 523, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Victoria
1 Jan 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 8th Light Horse Regiment
25 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 523, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
25 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 523, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
25 Aug 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 523, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Severely Reprimanded
29 Sep 1917:	Transferred 8th Light Horse Regiment
22 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 523, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 523 awm_unit: 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Flight Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-05-22

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Harry Osborne HILL was born in Ballarat in Victoria in 1880

His parents were Benjamin Hewitt HILL & Mary Ellen PURNELL who married in Victoria in 1873

He married Mary Elizabeth GOODLET in Victoria in 1902 - 4 known children, Harry, Florence, Marie & Edith

His brother Lieutenant Ernest Purnell HILL (SN 717) served during WW1 in the 14th Infantry Battalion and was awarded a Military Medal and also served in the Army during WW2 (SN V30001)

His son Harry HILL (SN V362312) served in the Army during WW2 and also in the RAAF (SN 257607)

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