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Ashworth HILL

Regimental number1817
Place of birthBacup, Lancashire, England
SchoolMount Pleasant School, Bacup, Lancashire, England
Age on arrival in Australia39
ReligionBaptist
OccupationEngineer
Address9 Loco. Quarters, East Bengal State Railway, Calcutta, India
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinBrother, Arthur Hill, Waterloo Hotel, Bacup Lancashire, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 19 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularMigrated alone to Australia.
FateDied of wounds 10 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death10 August 1915
Age at death41
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialEmbarkation Pier Cemetery (Special Memorial, B, 28), Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
79
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Levinia HILL. Native of Bacup, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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