MCKECHNIE, Hugh
| Service Number: | W27432 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Corps |
| Born: | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 10 September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Laborer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Sunset Hospital, Dalkeith, Western Australia , 10 January 1974, aged 84 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Hugh was buried on 12 January 1974 in the Presbyterian Section DC 0848 at Karrakatta. |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W27432 | |
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| 11 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W27432, 10 Garrison Battalion (WA), Served in the Recruit Reception Depot at the Swanbourne Army Barracks. | |
| 29 Jan 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 5 Garrison Battalion (WA) | |
| 1 Nov 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Australian Army Corps , McKechnie's Service record shows that on 1 November 1941 he transferred from 5 Garrison Battalion to Unit Y Coy. (Full Time) at Swanbourne. | |
| 9 Jan 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W27432, McKechnie was discharged from Unit Y Coy as he was deemed to be un-fit for duties. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jeffrey Oates
Hugh McKechnie was the son of Hugh McKechnie Snr a merchant seaman and Mary (Crookston) McKechnie and was raised in Glasgow, Scotland.
During WW1 Hugh, at age 20 years, enlisted in the 11th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (11 HLI) as a private, seeing active service in France where he was wounded in action.
Hugh migrated out to Western Australia in 1923 on board the SS Barrabool which left London on 15 March 1923, to join his sister Minnie who had already migrated to WA in 1905.
Hugh lived with his sister Minnie (Crookston) Minorgan in East Perth for some time and then ultimately lived at the Sunset Hospital in Dalkeith beside the Swan River until his death in 1974. Sunset Hospital was built in 1906 as the "Claremont Old Men's Home", its design was based on a military model,
Hugh was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery beside the grave of his sister Minnie.
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