Thomas Rowland Hill (SN 1271) born in Ballarat, was a 19 year old plumber when he enlisted in Ballarat on June 25th 1915. Allocated to the 8th Light Horse Regiment he embarked from Melbourne aboard the Ballarat on September 9th , reaching Mudros in December, just as the Gallipoli evacuation was finalising. In January 1917 he was transferred to the 1st Field Company Engineers as a driver, but in May he was hospitalised in Cairo suffering from tonsilitis. On April 6th 1918, while in Jerusalem, he was found guilty of being absent without leave for one hour, an offence that cost him one day’s pay. After the war he departed Suez aboard the Demosthenes on January 26th 1919, reached Melbourne on March 2nd and was discharged on April 24th 1919.

Lucas’s Staffs Appreciation of Brave Men, the original Avenue register, records his name as T. Rowland Hill.