Hugh Rufus STUBBS

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Service Number:	374
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Worthing, Sussex, England, 1893
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Worthing Grammar School, Sussex, England
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 May 1915
Cemetery:	4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery Row C, Grave 1 Chaplain Talbot officiated Headstone inscription reads: Rest in peace, 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 374, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 374, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 374, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Arrived in Australia aged 19 years

Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Jane Stubbs of 31 Montague Street, Worthing, Sussex, England

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

At the time of enlistment he was employed by the Bank of Commerce, Sydney, NSW

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