HINCHLIFFE  W.R.

Given Names:  William Roy

           

Service Number:  15135

Unit:  14th Australian General Hospital                                                                              

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  234275

 

Age:  20 Yrs  10 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                          

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  9¼ In                   

Weight:  133½ Lbs

Chest:   In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  15/12/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  George Hinchliffe

2 Stanley Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                         

Embarkation Date:  19/8/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                        

Ship:  HMAT Karoola A63

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Demosthenes                                   

Embarked:  26/1/1919                                

Disembarked:  2/3/1919

Unit:  2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance                                                                                          

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  9/4/1919                          

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  51981

Victory Medal:  50921

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:    14/2/1895

Place:  Kew, Victoria                                

Father:  George HINCHLIFFE                    

Mother:  Annie HARRISON

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 23/6/1978                          

Place: Kew, Victoria                                 

Burial:  Kew Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Trinity Grammar

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary