Geboortejaar: 1884

Geboorteplaats: Dublin, Ierland, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Laatst gekende woonplaats: Abbotsford, Victoria, Australië

Beroep: Stoffeerder

Geloof: Church of England

Land: Australië

Strijdmacht: Australian Imperial Force

Rang: Private

Service nummer: 5029

Dienstneming datum: 08/02/1916

Dienstneming plaats: Melbourne, Victoria, Australië

Eenheden:  —  Australian Infantry, 22nd Bn. (Victoria)  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Datum van overlijden: 03/10/1917

Plaats van overlijden: Brick Kiln & Yard, Zonnebeke, België

Doodsoorzaak: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Leeftijd: 33

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

Arthur George Hill, a former upholsterer, was born in August 1884 in Dublin, Ireland. He was the son of William Frederick and Henrietta Louise Hill. At the age of 30, he moved to Australia. On February 8, 1916 he enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on July 3, 1916, with the 13th reinforcements of the 22nd Battalion, part of the 6th Australian Brigade of the 2nd Australian Division.

The 2nd Australian Division participated in the Battle of Broodseinde (October 4, 1917), a phase in the Third Battle of Ypres. The 22nd Battalion was part of the 6th Brigade, which attacked on the right of the divisional front. On October 2 and 3, the 22nd Battalion relieved the 23rd Battalion at the front line in Zonnebeke. During this relieve, the Battalion suffered heavy casualties through enemy shell fire.

Arthur George, aged 35, was killed in action on October 3, 1917. Private Hill was buried where he fell, north of Brick Kiln and Road (28.D.27.b.80.50), together with a few other men from his Battalion. His remains were not recovered or identified after the war. Arthur George Hill has no known grave and is remembered on panel 23D of the Menin Gate Memorial.

22nd Battalion Australian Infantry (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/39/26). https://www.awm.gov.au/ Gebruikte bronnen

6th Brigade Australian Infantry (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 23/6/26). https://www.awm.gov.au/ Gebruikte bronnen

First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455). https://www.naa.gov.au/ Gebruikte bronnen

Unit embarkation nominal rolls, 1914-18 War (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM8). https://www.awm.gov.au/ Gebruikte bronnen

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/924209

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7334968

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=a1d7a0cf-b728-4867-8dc0-39df8b0c0189

The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=137195