HILLS, Walter George
| Service Number: | 6573 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1916, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, Australia, 7 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Clarence Park, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Le Fevres Peninsula School, Glanville |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 28 October 1917, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Holy Trinity Church WW1 Honour Board 1, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Port Adelaide St Paul's Church Memorial Alcove, Streaky Bay A.O.F. No 8198 Roll of Honour, Streaky Bay War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6573, 27th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6573, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6573, 27th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Private W. GEORGE HILLS, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hills, of Richmond-road, Westbourne Park, who belonged to the 27th Battalion, was killed in France on October 28. He was educated at Lefevre Peninsula school and the A.S. & B.T. Academy, and was for seven years employed by Messrs.. W. H. Betts & Co.. of Streaky Bay, as clerk. He went into camp in August 1916. He gained his corporal's certificate, and sailed for England on January 24 last. After a course at the Candahar Officers' Training College, he left for France on September 21, and had only been there for five weeks. He was 28 years old, and leaves a young widow and two little children. Mrs. Hills has since received word that her second son, Lance-Corporal H. A. (Alex.) Hills, has been severely injured (second occasion), and that he has gunshot wounds in the left leg, chest, and head, while both arms are fractured. Her third son. Private W. E. Hills, of the 16th Battalion, has been a prisoner of war in Germany (wounded), for 15 months. He was captured after the attack on Mouqeuet Farm in August, 1916.
Biography contributed by Steve Larkins
Son of Henry Walter and Helen Hills;
Husband of Ida Gladys Hills, of Marlborough Rd., Westbourne Park / corner of Richmond and Goodwood Roads, Westbourne Park, South Australia,
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