HUG, William Ophelio
| Service Number: | 554 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | 1st Remount Unit (AIF) |
| Born: | 1885, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | South Perth, South Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 9 August 1927, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 554, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement 554, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Forty-One embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked 554, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Forty-One, Sydney | |
| 14 May 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Warrant Officer, 1st Remount Unit (AIF) | |
| 29 Sep 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Warrant Officer, 554, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), 2nd MD, medically unfit Honorary Lieutenant |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for; - Hon. Lieutenant William Ophelio Hug (554) of South Perth, Western Australia who was employed as a storekeeper prior to his enlistment for War Service on the 18th of November 1914. William was allocated to the 6th Light Horse Regiment 1st AIF, and had been made an Acting-Sergeant when he embarked for Egypt and further training on the 22nd of December.
On the 13th of May 1915 William was detached for service with the Base Depot Remount Section, and remained with this Unit until he was transferred over to the Convalescent Hospital at Ras-el-Tin at Alexandria where he was appointed as Adjutant and Quartermaster, and received the Honorary rank of Lieutenant on the 2nd of November.
William’s service was to be continuous until he was evacuated sick and was admitted into the 1st Auxiliary Hospital in Cairo on the 20th of April 1916.
William was diagnosed as suffering a relapse of malaria which he had first contracted 10 years prior to his joining up. Boarded as medically unfit for further service abroad, William was embarked for his repatriation to Australia, and departed Egypt for his return on the 10th of June 1916.
Having returned to Australia, William received his official discharge from the 1st AIF on the 29th of September 1916. Following his discharge William became a recruiting officer, and served in this capacity from after his discharge, until the Armistice was declared over two years later.
With the ‘Great War’ now ended, William re entered civilian life and was in Brisbane, Queensland, when his untimely death occurred on the 9th of August 1927. William had been aged 38.
Following his passing, William was brought back to Melbourne where he was formally interned within the Hug family’s collective burial site within Melbourne General Cemetery, Victoria.
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