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SPEDDING, Hugh
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4915 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1915, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Laanecoorie, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Laanecoorie, Loddon, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Woostock West State School, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4915, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4915, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4915, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 20 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4915, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4915 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-20 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Hugh SPEDDING was born in Laanecoorie, Victoria in 1889
His parents were James SPEDDING & Catherine Mary FERNESS
He enlisted in Melbourne on 21st July, 1915 and embarked from Melbourne on the HMAT Wiltshire on 7th March, 1916 with the 7th Infantry Battalion, 15th reinforcements
Hugh was Killed in Action in France on 20th August, 1918 - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial
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His brother Harold SPEDDING (SN 2893) served with AIF Headquarters during WW1- returned to Australia in 1920
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