Hill, George Whitlock (16)
Place of Birth: Northcote, VIC
Age: 24 years
Enlistment Details: Monday, 17 August 1914 – Eastern Hill, VIC
Service Number: 16 view online service record
Address:
45 Swallow Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
E Hill (mother)
45 Swallow Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 19 October 1914
Ship: HMAT Hororata A20
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
Fate:
RTA: Tuesday, 24 September 1918
Discharged: Saturday, 8 February 1919
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Brian Membery
George Whitlock Hill died 31 December, 1947 in Caulfield Repatriation Hospital at 56 years, late of 7 Service street, South Melbourne and noted a member of the Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldier’s Association; interred Brighton Cemetery. Born Latham Street, Northcote, parents William and Euphemia Kirk, nee Adlam. A brother, Frederick Pearce Hill also enlisted from Swallow Street but was sischarged from Macleod Rest Camp due to loss of fingers on right hand after around 10 months. He later served in Second World War as a Private with 4 Veterinary Hospital, V81783, then in Malvern before dying in South Yarra in 1966 at 71 years;