Service Details
Name:
HILL
Given Name:
ARTHUR
Initials:
A
Service No:
3613
Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
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Regiment:
South African Infantry
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Unit:
1st Regt.
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Former Regiment:
formerly Colour Sergeant #1575 6th Infantry (Cape Town Highlanders)
Date of Death:
1917-09-20
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Age:
30
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road)
Decorations:
Mentioned in Despatches, Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
MID LG Sup 28 December 1917 pg. 13576; Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War LG Sup 22 August 1918 pg. 9791 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"
Additional
Information:
Son of Arthur and Sarah Hill, of Sheffield, Yorks., England; husband of Sarah Jane Hill, of 43, Pine Rd., Woodstock, Cape Province. Served 5 years in R.G.A.
Commemoration
Country:
Belgium
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Locality:
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.

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