E45 PHILIP GEOFFREY POWYS HILL

E045. Philip Geoffrey Powys HILL. Captain 1st Australian Infantry died on the 9th June 1915 aged 33 years. Born 3 November 1881 at Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA. Son of Alfred Briscoe and Edith Allford Hill. 1891, residing with his parents at 1 Stanley Place, Walcot, Somerset. His residence was The Grange, Kempsey, Worcestershire. Joined up aged 32 years and 10 months on the 27th August 1914. He had previously 5 years line service with commission to the Worcestershire Regiment and 9 years special reserve in South Africa 1900-1902 with the rank of captain. He resigned on the 29th April 1914. Next of kin was his mother Edith Alford Hill, of The Grange, Kempsey, Worcester and later of Abbey House, Malvern, Worcestershire. He was living at Elvera, Man's Avenue, Neutral Bay, Sydney. He was wounded in the abdomen at Gallipoli on the 24th May 1915 and admitted into Military Hospital Cottonera, Malta. His effects went to Thomas Gilbert Folliott, bank manager and Phyllis Barrington Hill, spinster.

Originally interred in Plot O. Row I. Grave 5 Rinella Military Cemetery re-interred in Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta in 1978.

Now at rest Capuccini (Kalkara) Naval Cemetery, Malta Plot E Grave 45