Hugh Lyell MILBOURNE

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Service Number:	1909
Enlisted:	17 May 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Devonport, Tasmania, 30 September 1893
Home Town:	Devonport, Devonport, Tasmania
Schooling:	East Devonport State School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 March 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Heilly Station Cemetery Plot VII Row A Grave 32, Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Devonport Cenotaph, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Sheffield War Memorial

25 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1909, 40th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918
17 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1909, Claremont, Tasmania
8 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1909, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1909, 40th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1909 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-03-28

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Hugh Lyell MILBOURNE was born on 30th September, 1893 in Devonport, Tasmania

His parents were Hugh MILBOURNE and Lucy Emma Oldaker DRAKE