HILL, Reginald Frederick
(Service number 80077)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 10/05/1881 | Place of Birth | Leeston |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o Miss W. H. HOWELL, "Marston", Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Company manager | ||
| Previous Military Experience | South African War | ||
| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs G. N. HILL (wife), Marston, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 41st Reinforcements, F Company | ||
| Date | 27 July 1918 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 27 September 1957 | Age | 76 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Upper Riccarton Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Reginald Frederick Hill was the son of Henry Philip and Nora Alice (née Scott) Hill. He married Gwendoline Nesta Hinds Howell in 1912 at St Mary's, Timaru. Late in 1917 he was drawn in the Second Ballot for Second Division Class A drafts.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 December 2019]; Timaru Herald, 4 December 1917 (Papers Past) [08 August 2015]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 December 2019]; Upper Riccarton Cemetery headstone transcription [24 December 2019]
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