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HILL, Reginald Frederick
(Service number 80077)

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Birth

Date 10 May 1881 Place of Birth Leeston

Enlistment Information

Date Age
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
Religion Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 41st Reinforcements, F Company
Date 27 July 1918
Transport Ulimaroa
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Wine merchant

Death

Date 27 September 1957 Age 76 years
Place of Death Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Upper Riccarton Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

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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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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