HILL, William Erick
Service Numbers: | 5939, 8883 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 16 January 1915, Oaklands, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 1st Australian Army Service Corps Company |
Born: | Prospect, South Australia, 31 March 1894 |
Home Town: | Nailsworth, Prospect, South Australia |
Schooling: | North Adelaide Public School |
Occupation: | Plumber |
Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 12 November 1915, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli II E 17, |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Campbelltown Methodist Church WW1 Honour Roll, North Adelaide Public School Roll of Honor, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board |
World War 1 Service
16 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 5939, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, Oaklands, South Australia | |
---|---|---|
26 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 5939, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
26 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 5939, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
12 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 8883, 1st Australian Army Service Corps Company , ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 8883 awm_unit: Australian Army Service Corps awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1915-11-12 |
Help us honour William Erick Hill's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Son of Leonard Risby HILL and Elizabeth Margaret ene BREEDING
"...8883 Driver William Eric Hill, 20th Company AASC. A plumber of Nailsworth, SA, he embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Afric (A19) on 26 May 1915 with the 14th Company Army Service Corps, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train. On 12 November 1915 he received a bullet wound to the head and subsequently died. He was buried the next day in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery and the service was conducted by Chaplain 4th Class Thomas Pearce Bennett." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)