Maxwell Charles Hill

Second Lieutenant

Awards

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Charles Mackintosh Hill, and of Ada Gwendoline Hill (nee Millar), of Wellington City, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

CONTRIBUTED

Public Contributions:

On the 17th April 1942 in Greece, Lt Hills Anti-Tank Artillery unit was tasked with providing a rearguard action at the Fourka pass against the advancing Germans. Under fire from Mortars, air attack,... Read More

Files:

Files:

Files:

Casualty

Service Number:

1811

Name:

Maxwell Charles Hill

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Date of Birth:

11 July 1913

Place of Birth:

Wellington,

Next of Kin:

Mrs C.M. Hill (mother) Totara Street, Eastbourne, Wellington, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

139 Russell Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Occupation on Enlistment:

Assurance Clerk

Armed Force:

Army

Unit:

New Zealand Artillery, 7 Anti-Tank Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

25 November 1941

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma

Cemetery Reference:

14. H. 1.

Cemetery Location:

Libya