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William HAMILTON

Regimental number780
Place of birthMinmi, New South Wales
SchoolProtestant
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationWheeler
AddressWeston, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Robert Hamilton, Second Street, Weston, New South Wales
Previous military service14th Infantry; Served in the Cadets
Enlistment date3 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 2 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBuried in Stunwerck Cemetery, France.
FateDied of wounds 11 April 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 3), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
124
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: R. and Helen HAMILTON, 2nd Street, Weston, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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