Hugh Vaughan MASSIE MM

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MASSIE, Hugh Vaughan

Service Number:	1980
Enlisted:	22 May 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1893
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Christian Brothers Catholic School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Died of wounds (POW of Germany), France, 8 March 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Douchy-les-Ayette British Cemetery Plot III, row E , grave 2 INSCRIPTION - REQUIESCAT IN PACE
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

22 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1980, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1980, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1980, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
29 Jul 1916:	Honoured Military Medal, Battle for Pozières
8 Mar 1917:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-03-08
8 Mar 1917:	Imprisoned Wounded and captured at Bapaume
Date unknown:	Honoured Military Medal

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Biography

Hugh Vaughan MASSIE stated he was born on 1.1.1893 Bairnsdale in his war records although his birth was not registered until 1895 (Sale) His parents were Frank Hamilton MASSIE and Mary Agnes O'NEILL S/N 1980 joined as a Private & later advance to Lieutenant He joined on 22.5.1915 - 22nd Australian Infanty Battalion Unit embarked from Melbourne on ship Anchises on 26.8.1915 Awarded the Military Medal He died 8.3.1917 Bapaume,Somme of wounds whilst a Prisoner of War in German Hands He also had a brother Frank Raymond MASSIE who died of disease in Damascus 15.10.1918

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