HILL  W.C.F.

Given Names:  William Charles Fitzmaurice

               

Service Number:  2662

Unit:  57th Battalion, 6th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  186095

 

Age:  18 Yrs   

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  11 In                   

Weight:  143 Lbs

Chest:  31-34½ In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Light Blue

Complexion:  Medium

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  18/7/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Minnie Hill

14 Kent Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                            

Embarkation Date:  2/10/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Pakeha  

Embarked:  27/8/1917                               

Disembarked:  22/10/1917

Unit:  57th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Sergeant

Discharge Date:  26/11/1917                     

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  56334

Victory Medal:  54977

Other:    

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  24/10/1898

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  William John HILL                       

Mother:  Minnie Annie De Lacy MASTERS

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1927     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Winifred Myrtle BULLOCK

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 23/11/1974                        

Place:   

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Trinity Grammar

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

Hawthorn Rowing Club

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  VX19513                                     

Date Enlisted:  30/5/1940                                        

Date Discharged:  3/10/1945

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary