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Harry Osborne HILL

Regimental number523
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolPleasant St State School, Ballarat, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarrier
AddressRailway Street, Maryborough, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs M E Hill, Railway Street, Maryborough, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces, Ballarat, and in the Melbourne Cavalry unit at Geelong, Victoria.
Enlistment date22 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentFarrier Sergeant
Unit name8th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/13/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A16 Star of Victoria on 25 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of disease 22 May 1918
Place of death or woundingEs Salt, Palestine
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row O, Grave No. 175), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
6
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin and Ellen HILL; husband of Mary HILL, 13 Villamanta Street, Geelong, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: Lt E HILL MM, returned to Australia.

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