Veteran Story: George Hill (1894-1950?) was born in Rockhampton in 1894 to Marshall Hill and Agnes Talbot. Hill had previously unsuccessfully volunteered but had been rejected 'as to colour' however in May 1917 he successfully enlisted in Charleville. After training at Enoggera Camp, he embarked from Sydney on the troopship ‘Medic’ in August 1917 along with three other known Indigenous enlistments Albert Burke #3620, George Forster #3641, Charlie Morgan #3679, and William Perrott #3704, all assigned to the 10th Reinforcements for the 49th Infantry Battalion. Not long after arriving in England, Hill was admitted to the Codford Military hospital with influenza and bronchitis, delaying his embarkation to France until January 1918. On 6 April 1918, Hill was wounded in action while serving near Dernancourt. He was evacuated to England with gunshot wounds to his left arm and hand. In September 1918 he was considered fit and was transferred to the 4th Machine Gun Company and re-embarked for the front lines. Hill remained on duty with the 4th MGC in Belgium until being returned to Australia in September 1919.
