Hugh Brown FYFE

FYFE, Hugh Brown

    Service Number: 1409
    Enlisted: 26 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1878
    Home Town: Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Painter
    Died: Died of wounds - chest, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 26 June 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 53, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1409, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1409, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1409, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Alexander Fyfe and Mary Flora Fyfe nee McEacheran of Cecil Street, Fitzroy, Victoria. Brother of Annie Isabel McEacheran, Ada Flora Margaret McEacheran, Doris Fyfe, Robert Cecil Fyfe and Alexander William McEacheran

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Served a five year apprenticeship with Mr. Duncan of Richmond, Victoria

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