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Charles Vere HAMILTON

Regimental number1044
Place of birthCreswick, Victoria
SchoolSouth Brunswick State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPainter
Address407 Brunswick Road, East Brunswick, Melbourne,Vic
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, C V Hamilton, 101 Lygon Street, Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Forces
Enlistment date2 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 November 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave NO. 12), Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
99
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Lillian HAMILTON, East Brunswick, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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