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Robert Douglas Hamilton

1884-1955

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37583

About

Born in Australia

21 November 1884
Parents

Mother

Elizabeth Hamilton

Father

Robert Hamilton

Settled in New Zealand

1910
Residence

Hometown

Waihi
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Waihi Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Widower

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 70

25 March 1955

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5539 73/0049719, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Robert Douglas Hamilton (1884-1955)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/340

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