Hugh Allingham STITT

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Service Number:	745
Enlisted:	11 December 1915, Enlisted on 11 December 1916 at Townsville, Queensland, aged 44 years. Widower. Next of Kin (Daughter) Mary Allingham Stitt, Maclean, NSW.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Purfleet, New South Wales, Australia, 10 April 1870
Home Town:	Innisfail, Cassowary Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Taree Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer, Sugar Cane Farmer
Died:	Effects of war‑related illness, Maclean, New South Wales, Australia, 11 December 1932, aged 62 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Rookwood General Cemerty PLOT Zone A Presbyterian Section 5C Grave 5145-5147
Memorials:

11 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 745, Enlisted on 11 December 1916 at Townsville, Queensland, aged 44 years. Widower. Next of Kin (Daughter) Mary Allingham Stitt, Maclean, NSW.
18 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 745, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 745, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
7 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 745, 41st Infantry Battalion, Private Stitt became ill and was evacuated on 7 January 1917, admitted to the 9th Australian Field Ambulance with diarrhoea. He was sent to England on 21 April 1917 and admitted to the 2nd Southern General Hospital, Bristol, on 22 April with enteritis. On 22 May he was noted as dangerously ill and transferred to No.2 Command Depot, Weymouth. On 29 May he was admitted to No.1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, with recurrent diarrhoea. No date of discharge from hospital is noted.
3 Jul 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 745, 41st Infantry Battalion, Embarked from England on the hospital transport H.T. Karoola on 3 July 1917. He disembarked on 23 August 1917 at Sydney for Brisbane, continuing convalescence on arrival.
29 Sep 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 745, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged medically unfit in Brisbane on 29 September 1917, the disability recorded as sprue.

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