Hugh Jabez TITUS

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Service Number:	1747
Enlisted:	9 March 1916, Broken Hill, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maldon, Victoria, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Maldon State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Shop assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 11 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Panel 29, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

9 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1747, 50th Infantry Battalion, Broken Hill, NSW
11 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1747, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1747, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
4 Sep 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1747, 50th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, GSW to shoulder. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 2 July 1917.
15 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion, France
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1747, 50th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
11 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1747, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1747 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-11

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