Victor Austin HILL

HILL, Victor Austin

Service Number: 125
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born: Auckland, New Zealand, November 1875
Home Town: Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: New Zealand, 8 December 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Matamata Cemetery, Waikato, New Zealand
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 125, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 125, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 125, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Victor Austin Hill was born in Nove 1875 in Auckland, New Zealand, a son to Charles Viner Hill and Emma Hill (nee Walker). He is recorded in the AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 482 as Vutor Austin Hill but this appears to be a typographical error and is recorded as Victor Austin Hill when his photo was published in The Queenslander newspaper 19 May 1900.

Along with his name he listed his next of kin as his wife at George St, St Alban, Christchurch, New Zealand but a record of his marriage has not been found. It appears he returned to New Zealand following his war service.

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