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HUSSEY, Martin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 121 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 4 February 1881 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Police Constable |
| Died: | Pneumonia caused chronic mycarditis and chronic arthritis, Brisband, Queensland, 5 August 1955, aged 74 years |
| Cemetery: |
Nudgee Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Plot A1, Row 7, Grave 1919. Interred on 8 August 1955 Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Bridgewater on Loddon School Honour Roll, Riverton Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Roll WW1, Surry Hills NSW Police Force Roll of Honour WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 121, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 121, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 121, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 121, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatoid arthritis |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Patrick Hussey and Susan Hussey nee Gunnenan of Young, NSW formerly of Bendigo, Victoria
Husband of Mary Hussey nee O'Connor of 'Valetta', Chatham Street, Randwick, NSW. Martin and Mary married in Sydney during 1916c. Father of Mary Teresa Hussey
Commenced return to Australia on 17 July 1916 aboard HT Seang Choon disembarking 0n 18 August 1916 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: 1914-1815 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
At the time of death he was residing in Paddington, QLD having been previously a grazier at Dalby, QLD