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HUCKSON, Henry Grant
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 25800 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Narioka, Moira - Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Tocumwal, Berrigan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Picola State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Cerebro spinal meningitis, South Africa, 27 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Woltemade Cemetery (Maitland), Cape Town Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tocumwal Gunners Memorial, Tocumwal Memorial Hall Honour Rolls, Tocumwal Presbyterian Church Honour Roll, Tocumwal War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 25800, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 25800, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 25800, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Harry Huckson enlisted in January 1916 and was married on 1 March 1916. Harry left Australia in August 1916 but must have fallen ill on board the ship and he was disembarked gravely ill on 3 November 1916 at Cape Town South Africa. He died some three weeks later from cerebro spinal meningitis, in the Infectious Diseases Hospital in that city. His wife gave birth to son on the 27 January 1917.