Territory Stories

Charles Hill

Details:

Title

Charles Hill,

Name

Charles Hill,

Also known as

Hill, Charles Edgar George,

Collection

Returned ANZACs, Territory ANZACs, First World War, 1914-1918,

Place of birth

Bathurst (N.S.W.),

Place of enlistment

Melbourne (Vic.),

Date of enlistment

1914-08-18,

Age

23,

Occupation

Dentist,

Service

Australian Imperial Force,

Unit

2nd Field Ambulance,

Rank

Staff Sergeant,

Service number

121,

Next of kin

C. E. Hill - Father ; 173 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, Vic.,

Biographical notes

Arrived in Darwin November 1918 and set up a Dental Surgery in a cottage between the Commercial Bank and the Victoria Hotel. He led the peace march in Darwin on 19 July 1919 and was a member of the Darwin RSL. Was one of the original vendors of the Elcho Island Naphtha Petroleum Company. Left Darwin in 1924 and returned to Victoria.,

History

Embarked from Melbourne on board HT A18 'Wiltshire' on 19 October 1914. Returned to Australia per HT 'Wiltshire' 12 November 1917.,

Subject

Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, History, World War, 1914-1918, Northern Territory, ANZAC,

Related links

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3011787, http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/AWM8/26_45_1/PDF/0402.pdf, http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1555329/, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3292972, http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067684/RCDIG1067684--402-.JPG [Embarkation Roll], http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3011787 [Service Record], http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1555329/ [Nominal Roll], http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3292972 ["Dr C. E. Hill", Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 30 November 1918: p.25.],

Parent handle

http://hdl.handle.net/10070/235515,