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HAGUE, William Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5847 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 June 1916, Enlisted at Charters Towers, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ayr, Queensland, Australia, 17 July 1891 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 22 January 1971, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay, Qld Methodist area 2, Row, 28, Grave 13. Headstone inscription reads: Dearly loved and sadly missed by loving wife and family |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5847, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Charters Towers, QLD | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5847, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5847, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane | |
| 22 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 25th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to defective eyesight. Had be attached to the Australian Infantry Base Depots |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Arthur Hague and Mary Hague nee Shaughnessy of Bevan Street, Charters Towers, QLD. Brother of Elizabeth Hague, Mary Jane Hague, Norah Jane Hague, Arthur Edward Hague, John Hague, Charles Hague, Joseph Hague, Oliver Hague, Albert Thomas Hague and Sophia Hague
Commenced return to Australia on 9 December 1918 aboard HT Argylshire disembarking on 6 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 22 December 1920 William married Fanny May McDonald in QLD