John Thomas Hamilton ARAM

ARAM, John Thomas Hamilton

    Service Number: Commissioned Officer
    Enlisted: 29 March 1915, Served for 8 years in the 52nd Infantry, Victorian Scottish Regiment, Citizen Military Forces
    Last Rank: Captain
    Last Unit: 57th Infantry Battalion
    Born: St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 9 April 1886
    Home Town: St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria
    Schooling: All Saints Brighton Road State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Clerk, Victorian Public Service
    Died: Killed In Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 25 September 1917, aged 31 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Served for 8 years in the 52nd Infantry, Victorian Scottish Regiment, Citizen Military Forces
    4 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
    10 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 2nd Division Signals, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Embarked on the "Southland" 30th August ex Alexandria. Ship torpedoed 2 Sep 1915. LT J T H Aram was specially mentioned by the Commander in Chief for assisting HMAT "Southland" into Mudros Harbour after being torpedoed. Special Order 27 by the CinC 17 Sep 1915.
    17 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 57th Infantry Battalion
    14 Apr 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 57th Infantry Battalion
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned Officer, 57th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), 57th Battalion was the Brigade Reserve at Fromelles and so did not sustain the horrendous losses of the other three Battalions.
    18 Dec 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned Officer, 57th Infantry Battalion, Detached to 15th Training Battalion Salisbury Plain
    25 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned Officer, 57th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, Killed in Action

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    Biography contributed

    John Thomas Hamilton ARAM was born in St Kilda, Victoria on 9th April, 1886

    His parents were William ARAM & Sarah Ann HAMILTON

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