Service: Army – Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
Service number: VX100318
Locality on Enlistment: Colac
Duration of Service: 28 April 1941 – 8 Mar 1946
Prisoner of War: No
Honours: None for display
Date and Place of Birth: 10 Apr 1922 Colac
Parents: Harold BALLAGH and Ellen Frances CARVER
Spouse: Kathleen BURKE
School/s:
Occupation: Clerk
Date and Place of Death: 13 Sep 1976 Newborough Victoria
Place of Burial:
NOTES: Hamilton and his brother Francis both served in the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) which undertook civil tasks of maintaining law and medical services in areas not occupied by the Japanese and was responsible to New Guinea Force. The major responsibility of the unit was to organize the resources of land and labour for the war effort. Also responsible for recruiting, organising and supervising local labour for the Australian and American armed forces in New Guinea included rehabilitation of the local inhabitants in reoccupied areas. It was also responsible for the administration of the Pacific Islands Regiment. The ANGAU officers and their New Guinean carriers, labourers, scouts, guides and police were highly regarded by the American and Australian military. Wikipedia