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Harold Coleman HOILE

Regimental number734
Date of birth6 May 1894
Place of birthPeterborough, South Australia
SchoolPeterborough Public School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank clerk
AddressScottish Bank, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Edward Hoile, Petersburg, South Australia
Enlistment date4 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name12th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 21 December 1917
Discharge date27 February 1918
Family/military connectionsBrother: 14937 Pte Charles Valentine HOILE, 14th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 21 December 1917.
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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Contracted shell shock, Gallipoli; invalided to England. Arrived back in Australia, 18 February 1918; discharged as medically unfit.

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