MCKINNON, Hugh
| Service Number: | 1209 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Greta, New South Wales, Australia, 21 June 1889 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 4 January 1964, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Ashes scattered Newcastle Memorial Park, N.S.W. |
| Memorials: | Minmi St Andrew's Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1209, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1209, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1209, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 21 Jul 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1209, 13th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 79 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 20th name inscribed is Private Hugh McKinnon.
On the 4th January 1964, Private Hugh McKinnon, 13th Battalion (Reg No-1209), labourer from Newtown, Minmi, New South Wales, died age 74 years 6 months, ashes scattered Newcastle Memorial Park, N.S.W., date unknown.
Born at Greta, New South Wales on the 21st June 1889 to Hugh, died 10.7.1920, Minmi, N.S.W., age 70, buried at Minmi Cemetery, Left Hand Side, Section 16, Plot 022, and Eliza McKinnon, died tragically, 29.8.1910, Minmi, age 42, mother of 5, sleeping at Minmi Cemetery, Left Hand Side, Section 16, Plot 022.
Hugh enlisted on the 29th October 1914, age 25 years 4 months, at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A35 Berrima on the 22nd December 1914.
An Original Anzac.
Wounded in action at Gallipoli 2.5.1915.
Admitted to hospital 9.5.1915 (wound of left foot).
1915 from Heliopolis, Egypt, states he is in hospital with a wound in the foot, and about landing at the Dardanelles.
Commenced return to Australia 4.8.1915.
Hugh arrived home on the 2nd September 1915, not being discharged until the 21st July 1920, in consequence of being an illegal absentee from the 2nd October 1915.
Mr. McKinnon’s name has also been inscribed on the Minmi St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour.
Not officially commemorated.
Younger brother John, born 16.6.1893, Greta, New South Wales, for more details see my post on the 4th April 2026.
Older brother William McKINNON, born 15.6.1887, Greta, New South Wales, married miner from Whitburn Street, Greta, New South Wales, enlisted 20.9.1915, Newcastle, N.S.W., 31st Battalion, Reg No-2154, age 28 years 3 months, unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on the 18th February 1916, wounded in action - 19.7.1916 (GSW left forearm, severe, Battle of Fromelles), admitted to hospital 13.7.1917 (tachycardia & trench fever), RTA 7.3.1918, discharged medically unfit 6.4.1918, died 21.5.1966, Greta, N.S.W., age 78 years 11 months, name inscribed on the Greta Soldiers' Obelisk as Mackinnon, ashes interred Newcastle Memorial Park, N.S.W., date unknown, not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/.
Lest We Forget.
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