Hugh MCCOLL

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Service Number:	Commissioned Officer
Enlisted:	1 May 1916
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 14 December 1888
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Kyneton Grammar School and at St. Andrew's College, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, Proyart, France, 12 August 1918, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot 2, Row F, Grave 8
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Honor Roll

1 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 38th Infantry Battalion
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
12 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 38th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele , Concussion
12 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 38th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-12
12 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 38th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, Killed by machine gun fire at Proyart, France and originally buried near Vaire Wood.

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