Hamilton, Frank Gordon (7872)
Place of Birth: Riddell, VIC
Age: 26 years 11 months
Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 29 June 1915 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 7872 view online service record
Address:
24 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Nora T Hamilton (mother)
24 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 11 October 1915
Ship: HMAT Nestor A71
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: First Australian General Hospital – Special Reinforcements
Fate:
KIA: Saturday, 5 October 1918
Place: France
Awards: MM and bar
Second Lieutenant 2 Machine Gun Battalion (originally 1 Australian General Hospital), killed in action 5 October, 1918, age 20, commemorated Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France
7872, later Second Lieutenant (Parents : James Babbington (late) and Mrs Nora Theresa HAMILTON (father deceased) , born Riddell’s Creek, educated Christian Brothers College? He enlisted shown as 27 years of age and as an agricultural student with mother at 24 Bay Street. Brother, Arnold James Babington HAMILTON enlisted from same address, mother there when circular returned. Third son)
Additional Research by Brian Membrey
1918 ‘GALLANT CAREER ENDS.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 26 October, p. 4. , viewed 08 Oct 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88368841