CALDERBANK, Hugh
| Service Number: | 161 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Standish, Greater Manchester, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | 1st Street Grammar School, Standish near Wigan, England |
| Occupation: | Tram Motorman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Cemetery and Memorial Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey Panel 33. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geraldton Gallipoli Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 161, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 161, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement 161, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 161 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-04-25 | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 11th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Hugh Calderbank was born in 1884 in Standish, Lancashire to Hugh and Elizabeth. He was educated at 1st Street Grammar School in Standish, and having spent five years in the Church Lads Brigade, he went on to become a bugler in the 5th East Surrey Volunteers before signing up for 10 years with the Royal Marine Light Infantry. He bought himself out of service in 1908 in order to emigrate to Australia where his father had been born. He arrived in Australia in 1911 and found employment as a tram motorman. He married, Sibbald and lived at 57 Shearer Street, Highgate Hill, Perth. On 9th September 1914, he enlisted in the AIF.
He and his mother are commemorated by Stained Glass Windows in the Church of St Margaret of Antioch in Stanford-le-Hope. [Here, Hugh is described as a Lieutenant] He is commemorated on the Stanford-le-Hope war memorial.
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