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Hugh DALE Update Details

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Service Number:	2339
Enlisted:	17 September 1914, Enlisted at Marrickville, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Australian Reserve Park
Born:	Timaru, New Zealand, 1875
Home Town:	Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	24 November 1945, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Memorials:

17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2339, 1st Australian Reserve Park, Enlisted at Marrickville, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Driver, 2339, 1st Australian Reserve Park, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Driver, 2339, 1st Australian Reserve Park, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne
1 Apr 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Australian Reserve Park
12 Jun 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Australian Reserve Park
11 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2339, 1st Australian Reserve Park, Discharged at 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to Bronchitis

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Address at the time of enlistment was 'Hazeldene', George Street, Burwood, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister J. Armstrong of Timaru, NZ

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 on board HT Runic disembakring at Melbourne on 5 July 1917 before travelling overland to Sydney, NSW

In 1923 he was residing in the Peak Hill, NSW area

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served with the NZ Mounted Rifles for about eight years