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Alfred William HAMILTON

Regimental number3759
Date of birth1893
Place of birthMalvern, Victoria
SchoolMalvern School, Malvern, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBuilder
AddressBeaver Street, East Malvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, A Hamilton, Beaver Street, East Malvern, Victoria
Previous military serviceCSM Brighton Rifles
Enlistment date27 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 September 1918
Place of death or woundingBellicourt, France in 1918
Date of death29 September 1918
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialUnicorn Cemetery, Vend'huile (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 1), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Alfred and Annie Hamilton, 100 Finch Street, Malvern, Victoria

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