David McNeil HEUGH MID

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	13 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballina, New South Wales, Australia, 21 May 1891
Home Town:	Somerton, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Maitalnd High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Storekeeper
Died:	Wounds, At sea (HMTS Derfflinger), 29 April 1915, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Name appears on the Lone pine Memorial Panel 16
Memorials:	Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Clarence Town War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Maitland High School Roll of Honour, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll, Tamworth ANZAC Park Memorial Gates

13 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
1 Feb 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion
26 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
29 Apr 1915:	Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1915-04-29
5 May 1915:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, For gallantry and valuable service London Gazette on 5 August 1915, page 7668, position 21 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 October 1915, page 2736, position 23

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Son of Aleander Heugh and Emily Heugh of 'Deptford', Clarencetown, NSW.

At the time of enlistment he was residing in Somerton, NSW

Brother of Alexander Blandford Stephenson who returned to Australia on 19 July 1919 having served with the 56th Battalion

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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