HAMILTON, Robert Francis
| Service Number: | 5712 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Westbury, Tasmania, Australia, 14 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Westbury Convent School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 7 October 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5712, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5712, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 8 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5712, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Hobart |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Robert Francis Hamilton was one of three brothers who enlisted in the AIF. He had married to Amy Hamilton of Ulverstone in 1916, just prior to leaving for the front.
His brother, 4323 Corporal Thomas Hamilton M.M. & Bar also of the 12th Battalion AIF had been killed in action the day before Robert died, 6 October 1917.
A third brother also served in the 12th Battalion, 4322 Private James Hamilton, who enlisted the same day as Thomas. He was twice badly wounded in action and returned to Australia in 1919.
They were the sons of Robert Richard and Honora Hamilton, all born at Westbury Tasmania. Their mother had passed away when they were quite young, during 1906. The father, Robert received the news of his two sons’ deaths within the same week.
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