MCHUGH, Ambrose Edward
| Service Number: | 3185 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 October 1916, Served France |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Marong, Victoria, Australia, 1918 |
| Home Town: | Nannup, Nannup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sleeper Cutter |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 21 December 1947 |
| Cemetery: |
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia Roman Catholic Section |
| Memorials: | Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park of Remembrance Memorial Walk |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3185, 46th Infantry Battalion, Served France | |
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| 29 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3185, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3185, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle | |
| 18 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3185, 46th Infantry Battalion, Discharged Perth, Western Australia |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Joy Dalgleish
His 1st wife Emily Edith passed away 3 days after giving birth on 15 November 1910. He married Marguerita Harrod 24 December 1936, Boulder Western Australia
The Daily News (Perth: 1882- 1950) Mon 22 Dec 1947 Page 9
Man Refuses Doctor But Dies Soon After
KALGOORLIE, Mon. Asked by a friend if he required a doctor, an old man at a camp on the Broad Arrow road
yesterday said that he 'was not that ill.' The friend, nevertheless, called the ambulance and a doctor, but the man died before they arrived. He was retired railway worker Ambrose Edward McHugh (67), who lived in a camp at the two mile peg. William Norman Curry, who lives at the camp, told police that he noticed that McHugh appeared very weak yesterdaymorning. An autopsy has been ordered
Kalgoorlie Miner (WA: 1895-1954) Tue 23 Dec 1947 Page 4
Mr. Ambrose Edward McHugh (67), married, a retired Commonwealth railway employee and war pensioner, died in his camp at 76 Broad Arrow road, Kalgoorlie, shortly before 1 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The St. John ambulance responded to a call from a neighbour, but McHugh was dead on its arrival. Death was due to natural causes. So far the police have been unable to trace any relatives of the deceased.
Author’s note: Since this article appeared 2 brothers, Mr Robert McHugh & Mr Gus McHugh both of Victoria have been located. No trace of his wife