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Harry Daniel HILL

Regimental number5330
Other NamesHenry Samuel
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBilliard marker
AddressKalgoorlie Post Office, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35
Next of kinWife, Mrs L M Hill, 133 Hanbury Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Enlistment date10 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 17 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 19 April 1919
Medals

Military Medal

'On the night of 26/27th February, 1917 at LE BARQUE, L/Cpl. HILL carried out some excellent patrol work to the right of LE BARQUE, obtaining much useful information. He attended to the wounded under shell fire with great coolness and skill. On the afternoon of the 27th February he carried urgent messages through heavy fire from the front line to company headquarters.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 140
Date: 27 August 1917

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