Edward HUSH

HUSH, Edward

Service Numbers: 2699, 2699A
Enlisted: 6 November 1916, Enlisted at Rutherford, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town: North Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Jockey
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World War 1 Service

6 Nov 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2699, 34th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rutherford, NSW
17 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 2699, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 2699, 34th Infantry Battalion, SS Napier, Sydney
25 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, Letter A added to his service number when taken on strength with the 13th Battalion now 2699A
25 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2699A, 13th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right arm
12 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, 2699A, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit synovitis in the right knee

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin given as his sister Sylvia Feltham of 'Southdown', Victoria Road, North Ryde, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 11 December 1918 aboard HT Saxon disembarking on 1 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Edward married Lilian B. Dawson in Wickham, NSW