Branch of Service

Air Force

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

11/11/1941

Date of Discharge

25/05/1945

Place of Enlistment

Sydney NSW

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

13/07/1900

Place of Birth

Canberra ACT

Address (at enlistment)

Bouvardia Street, Punchbowl NSW (previously 'Springvale' via Weetangera ACT)

School(s) Attended

Weetangera School

Occupation

Tram conductor

Next of Kin

Rose Hamilton (wife), Bouvardia Street, Punchbowl NSW

Service Number

61295

Final Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Final Unit

Station HQ Richmond

Hamilton served in World War 1 with the 33rd Battalion before being wounded by poison gas. He married Rose Whitlock in Sydney on 18 April 1925. On 4 April 1935 he joined the militia, at which time his address was in Lakemba, and served in it until 24 March 1938. When he enlisted in the RAAF on 11 November 1941 at 41 years of age, he was described as being "just average, slow manner, clean and tidy, only just suitable as a guard". Hamilton mustered as a guard in the RAAF at HQ Canberra until mid 1942. From July to October 1942 he was a guard attached to No.75 Squadron in Port Moresby and also served at 55 Radar Station Townsville, 2 School of Technical Training Canberra and finished the war at Station HQ Richmond. He died in Sydney on 4 March 1993. See also his World War 1 entry on the ACT Memorial.

Description - height 5 feet 7½ inches, weight 147 pounds, chest 35-37 inches, grey hair, brown eyes, dark complexion, scar right chin, Church of England.

WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
NAA RecordSearch - Series A9301 (RAAF Personnel files of Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and other ranks, 1921-1948)
Sydney Morning Herald - 6 March 1993