Hillcoat, William George Vincent

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Arts I : Private, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., France. Enlisting n th February, 1916, and sailing 19th December with 2nd Reinforcements, joined No. 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, and volunteering for stretcher-bearing, served with 3rd Australian Field Ambulance until death. Killed in Action, Menin Road, 20th September, 1917, and buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinghe. Early education at Maitland and Chatswood Public Schools. Later at Camden Theological College.

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Birth in East Maitland -- NSW, Australia
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Early education at Chatswood Public School, Chatswood, NSW, Australia
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Early education at Maitland Public School, Maitland, NSW, Australia
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Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
1916

Enlisted 11 Feb 1916
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Military service as Private at France --, France
1917

Death in Ypres -Menin Road-, Belgium 20 September 1917

Gender

Male

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