HAMILTON  C.

Given Names:  Charles William

               

Service Number:  35872

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, 28th reinforcements                                                              

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  45979

 

Age:  19 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Jackeroo                                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8½ In                  

Weight:  132 Lbs

Chest:  32-36 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  14/3/1917

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Annie Harriet Hamilton

16 Belmont Avenue, Kew, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  9/11/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Port Sydney A15

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Prinz Hubertus                                 

Embarked:  3/7/1919                                 

Disembarked:  24/8/1919

Unit:  3rd Divisional Ammunition Column                                                                                        

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  16/9/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  69685

Victory Medal:  66806

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1898

Place:  Stratford, Victoria                         

Father:  Andrew HAMILTON                    

Mother:  Anne Harriet MACKIN

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 10/5/1973                          

Place: Armadale, Victoria                        

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary