Service Details
Name:
 HILL
Given Name:
 ARTHUR
Initials:
 A
Service No:
 3613
Rank:
 Company Sergeant Major
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Regt.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Colour Sergeant #1575 6th Infantry (Cape Town Highlanders)
Date of Death:
 1917-09-20
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road)
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches, Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
 MID LG Sup 28 December 1917 pg. 13576; Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War LG Sup 22 August 1918 pg. 9791 - "For distinguished service in the Field and in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-15"
Additional
Information:
Son of Arthur and Sarah Hill, of Sheffield, Yorks., England; husband of Sarah Jane Hill, of 43, Pine Rd., Woodstock, Cape Province. Served 5 years in R.G.A.
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.

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