HUGGETT, George Alexander
| Service Number: | 2090 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Nymagee, New South Wales, Australia, 7 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bodangora, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Wellington Cenotaph, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2090, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2090, 34th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2090, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
George Huggett was one of three sons of Edward and Eliza Huggett of Badangora near Wellington, New South Wales who enlisted for overseas service during WW1. His older brother, 6530 Pte. Edward Horace Huggett 13th Battalion AIF, was also killed in France on 10 August 1918, aged 34.
George joined the 34th Battalion in France during late 1916 and was badly wounded during the Battle of Messines in June 1917. He rejoined his unit several months later and was reported missing near Passchendaele on 12 October 1917. A witness in his Red Cross wounded and missing file stated he saw George killed by machine gun fire on that date and it was impossible to bury men on the swampy battlefield.
As well as having no known grave, his sole personal possession, a damaged wrist watch, was lost at sea aboard the transport ‘Barunga’ which was sunk on its way back to Australia.
Another brother, 7743 Pte. James Theodore Huggett also served with the 34th Battalion and returned to Australia during 1919.
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