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David James HAMILTON

Regimental number329
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSeaman
AddressRoyal Hotel, Nelson Place, Williamstown, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs L Hamilton, 57 Morang Road, Hawthorn, Victoria
Enlistment date10 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name14th Battalion, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Vic, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Machine Gun Company
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot V, Row B, Grave No. 10), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
178
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Lucy HAMILTON, 85 Nelson Place, Williamstown, Victoria. Native of Fitzroy, North Victoria

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