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Robert HILL

Regimental number5106
Place of birthNewtown, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolGoughtown, Merrylands Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressRobinson Street, Sherwood Heights, Guildford, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Hill, Robinson Street, Sherwood Heights Guildford, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Junior Cadets.
Enlistment date13 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularName given on RoH circular as Robert Alexander HILL.
FateDied whilst a Prisoner of War 25 April 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death19.6
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialHamburg Cemetery (Plot III, Row G, Grave No. 8), Ohlsdorf, Germany
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
69
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Herbert and martha HILL, robinson Street, Guilford, New South Wales

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