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George HILL

Regimental number3261
Place of birthKooringa, South Australia
SchoolBurra State School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationStation hand
AddressKooringa, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Hill, Kooringa, Burra, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date17 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A57 Malakuta on 27 June 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3261A
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 19 November 1917
Place of death or woundingBailleul, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 58), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Mary HILL, Kooringa, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1881 Sapper Samuel HILL, 5th Pioneer Bn, died of illness, 1 January 1917; 1970 Driver Horace HILL, Australian Army Service corps, returned to Australia, 26 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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