HILL E.

Given Names:  Ernest Wilson

Service Number:  2486

Unit:  2nd Field Company Engineers, 12th reinforcements                                                 

Rank:  Sapper 

Paybook Number: 

Age:  26 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Machinist (Wood Working)                                                                          

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5½ In                  

Weight:  132 Lbs

Chest:  33-35 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  26/6/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Mary Catherine Hill

67 Charles Street, Abbotsford, Victoria                                                                             

Embarkation Date:  11/12/1915

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  RMS Mooltan

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Dunluce Castle                                

Embarked:  24/1/1918                               

Disembarked:  10/3/1918

Unit:  AMS, Motor Transport                                                                                                          

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  25/5/1918                       

Place:  

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  30081

Victory Medal:  29871

Other:    

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1888

Place:  Townsville, Queensland                

Father:            

Mother:   

MARRIAGE

Year:  1909     

Place:             

Spouse: Catherine Margaret May TORPEY

DEATH

Date or Year:  

Place: ,           

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 19/9/1917; gun shot wound, left thigh

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew Independent Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

In 1919, lived at 19 Park Street, Kew