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HAMILTON, Robert James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 11 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 April 1915, Goondiwindi, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Brigade Headquarters |
| Born: | Albion, Brisbane, Qld., 29 March 1891 |
| Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Humpybong State School |
| Occupation: | Police Constable |
| Died: | Alice Sprints, NT, 27 June 1957, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Alice Springs Memorial Cemetery, Northern Territory |
| Memorials: | Redcliffe Humpybong Roll of Honor, Woody Point Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 11, 7th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Goondiwindi, Qld. | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 11, 7th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 11, 7th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Robert James Hamilton was born at Humpybong to parents Charles Hamilton and Mary Ann Tucker. Robert attended Humpybong State School and when his father Charles died in 1909, mother Mary then married Martin McDonnell in 1910. At the time of his enlistment in April 1915 Robert was a Police Constable. After the war Robert went to live in the Northern Territory where he married Ena Greenlees in 1932. Robert was the eldest of the three Hamilton brothers, his other brothers being John Charles Sutton [2026] and William Samuel [5424]
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