NUGENT, Eugene
Service Number: | 1723 |
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Enlisted: | 2 June 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 23 May 1892 |
Home Town: | Glamorgan Vale, Somerset, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Police constable |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 15 October 1915, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Queensland Police Service Roll of Honour, Rosewood Shire Council Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
2 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1723, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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20 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1723, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
20 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1723, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney | |
15 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1723, 25th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1723 awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-10-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"At the age of 21 Constable Eugene Nugent joined the Queensland Police and was sworn in as a constable on the 10 of March 1915. Nugent embarked aboard the HMAT Shrophire A9 from Sydney as part of the 25th Infantry Battalion on the 20 of August 1915. He was promoted to Lance Corporal during training and retained this rank on his arrival at Gallipoli. Lance Corporal Eugene Nugent was killed by a bomb fragment which struck him in the forehead on 15 of October 1915, just three days after he arrived at the front. He was 23 years of age." - SOURCE (www.police.qld.gov.au)