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HAMILTON, George Ernest
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | S/1968, S1968 |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1933 |
Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
Last Unit: | HMAS Canberra (I) |
Born: | Emmaville, New South Wales, Australia, 4 January 1912 |
Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Savo Island, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 9 August 1942, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" George Ernest Hamilton's name is located at panel 2 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan)., Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
17 Aug 1933: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, S/1968 |
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World War 2 Service
17 Aug 1933: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, S/1968 | |
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3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Able Seaman, S1968, HMAS Canberra (I) |
Personal Stories
George Ernest Hamilton Details
George was born in 1912 in Emmaville, NSW, Australia and is an older brother to my grandfather, Athol Charles Hamilton, born 10 November 1921.
Submitted 4 October 2020 by Tanya Hamilton