Regimental number | 903 |
Place of birth | Kew, Victoria |
School | Trinity Grammar School, Kew, Victoria |
Religion | Congregational |
Occupation | Salesman |
Address | 183 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 7.5" |
Weight | 136 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, F.T. Hill, 183 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the School Cadets and in the Naval Brigade |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Signal Company Engineers Reinforcement 4 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 22/11/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Reported as missing in action; two years later a Court of Enquiry brought in a verdict of 'killed in action'. (details from mother) |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 21 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 12), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 25 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Fredrick adn Florence HILL, 41 Greenbank Avenue, Plymouth, England. Native of Kew, Melbourne |
Family/military connections | Brother: W O HILL, 1st Fiji Contingent, attached to the King's Royal Rifles, killed in action, 8 May 1915. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Taken on strength, 2nd Signals Company, Gallipoli, 2 June 1915. Reported missing, Gallipoli, 27 August 1915. Court of Inquiry held in the field, 28 March 1917, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, Gallipoli, 27 August 1915'. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HILL Frederick |