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William George Vincent HILLCOAT

Regimental number16410
Place of birthMaitland, New South Wales
SchoolChatswood Public School; Camden College, New South Wales
Other trainingThe University of Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionCongregational
OccupationClergyman
AddressWilloughby, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs F E Hillcoat, 'Ayton', Rosewall Street, Willoughby, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date11 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameDecember 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/99/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Orontes on 19 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Ambulance
FateDied of wounds 20 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Belgium
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XIX, Row A, Grave No.15A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
182
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Matilda HILLCOAT; husband of F.E. HILLCOAT, Blaksley Street, Chatswood, New South Wales

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