LEWIS WILLIAM HILL No. 6040 - a photo on Flickriver

            Regimental number - 6040
Place of birth - Hobart, Tasmania
Religion - Church of England
Occupation - Labourer
Address - Kempton, Tasmania
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 30
Next of kin - Father, Mr W Hill, Green Valley, Baghdad, Tasmania
Enlistment date - 8 May 1916
Rank on enlistment - Private
Unit name - 12th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 23/29/4
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 8 August 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll - Private
Unit from Nominal Roll - 12th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) - 

Military Medal

Work near Proyart 23-26 August 1918.
Recommendation date: 3 September 1918

Fate - Returned to Australia 16 June 1919

Military Medal
'During operations east of PROYART ON 23rd/26th August, 1918, Private HILL rendered valuable assistane by his pluck and initiative. As No. 1 Lewis gunner during the attack east of CARENNE WOOD he gallently rushed his gun forward over an open stretch of country swept by Machine Gun fire and gave covering fire which enabled the flanking company to send men forward in small parties and eventually rush and take the post.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 109
Date: 15 September 1919 
   

Taken on: March 10, 2025

Tags:

lewis william hill

aussiemobs

australia

military

army

ww1

12th battalion « less

Sets appears in: • World War 1 (1914 - 1918) - album one

Groups appears in: • Trove: Australia in Pictures

Stats: 268 views / 3 comments

go back

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder