HILLIER  L.J.

Given Names:  Leslie James

               

Service Number:  4437

Unit:  24th Battalion, 11th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  18 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  Engineer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7¾ In                  

Weight:  124 Lbs

Chest:  31-33½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Medium

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  3/1/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Edward Hillier

22 Disraeli Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  21/3/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Malwa

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Miltiades

Embarked:  19/6/1919                               

Disembarked:  5/8/1919

Unit:  24th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  28/9/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  37632

Victory Medal:  37274

Other:    

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1897

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Edward HILLIER                         

Mother:  Matilda Jarman DAVISON

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1920     

Place:             

Spouse: Catherine Jean CONNOR

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 18/2/1986                          

Place: ,           

Burial:  Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered trench feet in 1917

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary