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Samuel HILL

Regimental number1881
Place of birthKooringa, Burra, South Australia
SchoolBurra State School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressYongala, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Richard Hill, Kooringa, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of disease 1 January 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot VI, Row H, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Mary HILL, Kooringa, Burra, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3261A Driver George HILL, 32nd Bn, died of wounds, France, 19 November 1917; 1970 Driver Horace HILL, Australian Army Service Corps, Motor Transport, returned to Australia, 26 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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