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HAMILTON, Arthur Lyne
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 336 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 April 1915, Atherton, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Wynyard, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 5 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 336, Atherton, Queensland | |
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| 24 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 336, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 24 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 336, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 336, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arthur Hamilton saw about two months service on Galliopli before being evacuated during November 1915 with frostbite and trench feet during the bitterly cold November weather. His older brother 335 Pte. Charles David Lyne Hamilton also in the 26th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Pozieres almost at the same time on 29 July 1916, aged 38. Both brothers enlisted at Brisbane, and from newspaper reports their great regret was that they were unable to obtain leave of absence to visit their parents in Wynyard Tasmania before sailing.
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