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HILLIER, Arthur

Spirits of Gallipoli - Arthur HILLIER

Unit	3rd Battalion, 6th Reinforcements	Rank	Private
Date of Enlistment	28 April 1915	Service no.	2255
Date of Death	7 August 1915	Place of Death	Lone Pine
Age	30
Cemetery	Lone Pine Cemetery	Details	N. 9
Epitaph	None
Next of Kin	(Son) - HILLIER, George	Address	166 Queen St, Woollahra, NSW
Parents	Adolphus Frederick and Mary Louisa Hillier	Address	Alton St, Woollahra NSW
Date of Birth	1884	Place of birth	NSW Woollahra
General	3rd Battalion Unit Diary - 7 August 1915 - Lone Pine We held our position against continuous bombing at which the enemy appear to be very expert. Our casualties were heavy and we confidently expect from results of observation that theirs were the same. About 70 prisoners and two machine guns were captured the previous night one of which is in action against the enemy. Both our own M/guns were put out of action during the day by enemy M/gun on Johnston’s Jolly. A strong counter attack was launched by the enemy on our front during the night. Bombing which has been much neglected in our training is the thing required most. Our men however demonstrated their ability to use bombs successfully and our trained men were as good as those of the enemy. The day was spent in holding our front against bombs and consolidating the line. A further 30 yards of trench was taken with this object about 1800 and prepared for defence. We had no trouble here during night 7/8th inst. Col E. S. Brown was killed and Major D. M. McConaghy assumed command. AWM http://www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/AWM4/23/AWM4-23-20-6.pdf (source 7)

Other Sources
	Photo	The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, 19 January 1916 (source 24)
	Photo	The Sydney Mail newspaper, 26 January 1916, page 23 (source 15)
	Newspaper article	The Northern Daily Leader Newspaper, 11 November 2005
	Family details	Spirits of Gallipoli
	Headstone	Gallipoli Photographic Expedition, 2009 (source 183)
	Various	Australian War Memorial, ACT, Panel 36 (source 14)

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