HAGGER , Hubert Edward
| Service Number: | 2764 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 May 1916, Enlisted to the army. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Forest Hill, Lewisham,London, England, December 1884 |
| Home Town: | Boulia, Boulia, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Wye College, England |
| Occupation: | Station book-keeper |
| Died: | Pneumonia, following Influenza, Herne Bay Military Hospital, Kent, England, United Kingdom, 30 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Whitstable Cemetery Row B, Grave No. 34 INSCRIPTION DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF MARGERY HAGGER GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN , Whitstable Cemetery, Whitstable, Kent, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2764, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted to the army. | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2764, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2764, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 30th October…… Hubert Edward Hagger was born in Forest Hill, Kent, England in 12/1884. He arrived in Australia in 1903 & married Margery Wells in New Zealand in 1908.
The 1911 New Zealand Electoral Roll listed Hubert Edward Hagger as a Journalist, residing at Coleman’s Private Hotel, Hawera, New Zealand.
On 17th May, 1916 Hubert Edward Hagger, a 30 year old, married Station Book-keeper from Boulia via Cloncurry, Queensland, enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.).
Private Hubert Edward Hagger embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Demosthenes (A64) on 22nd December, 1916 with the 41st Infantry Battalion, 6th Reinforcements and was appointed the rank of Corporal (voyage only). He disembarked at Plymouth, England on 3rd March, 1917.
He was marched in to 11th Training Battalion at Durrington, Wiltshire on 6th March, 1917 where he would receive further training before being sent to the War Front & reverted to the rank of Private on joining 11th Training Battalion.
Private Hubert Edward Hagger was attached to Ministry of Munitions in connection with a Bomb & Gun which he invented. His address was 8 Woodhouse Square, Leeds. Private Hagger was given Leave to 6th June, 1917. This leave was extended in monthly periods to 1st November, 1917 by D.A.A.G. Headquarters.
On 5th November, 1917 Private Hagger was marched in to 9th Training Battalion at Fovant, Wiltshire. He proceeded overseas to France on 8th January, 1918 & was taken on strength of 41st Battalion in the field on 13th January, 1918.
Private Hubert Edward Hagger was wounded in action on 1st September, 1918. He was admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance with shrapnel wounds to right arm; transferred to Casualty Clearing Station then on to 5th General Hospital at Rouen, France on 2nd September, 1918, dangerously ill.
Base Records, Melbourne advised Base Records Wellington, New Zealand on 8th September 1918 to advise Mrs M. Hagger of Tainui, Woolcome Terrace, New Plymouth that her husband was admitted to Hospital in France with gunshot wounds to arm which was fractured & he was dangerously ill. Mrs Hagger was again advised on 26th September, 1918 that Private Hagger’s condition was stationary.
Private Hagger was invalided to England on 2nd October, 1918. Base Records, Melbourne advised Base Records Wellington, New Zealand on 2nd October, 1918 to advise the next of kin of Private Hagger that he had been removed from the dangerously ill list.
Private Hubert Edward Hagger was recommended for the Military Medal – “On the 1st September, 1918, during operations North of PERONNE, this man was working with the Intelligence Section of Battalion Headquarters and realising the importance of information he pushed forward with the most advanced troops and at times fought a hand to hand combat with the enemy.
Some of the information greatly assisted various Company Commanders in quickly locating positions where resistance might be expected, and in this way he very materially assisted in the success of the operation.”
On 3rd October, Private Hagger was admitted to 2 / 1st Southern General Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, England on 3rd October, 1918 with gunshot wounds & compound fractured right arm. He was transferred & admitted to Shorncliffe Military Hospital on 11th October, 1918. Private Hagger was discharged on 19th October, 1918 for leave.
He was admitted to Military Hospital, Herne Bay, Kent, England on 26th October, 1918. His condition was recorded as serious. On 29th October, 1918, Private Hagger’s condition was reported as worse.
Private Hubert Edward Hagger died at 6.30 am on 30th October, 1918 at Military Hospital, Herne Bay, Kent, England from Pneumonia following influenza.
He was buried in Whitstable Cemetery, Whitstable, Kent, England.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/whitstable.html
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Civil Registration Details.
Births Dec 1884 HAGGER Hubert Edward Lewisham 1d 1171
Deaths Dec 1918 Hagger Hubert E 34 Blean 2a 2326
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 34. Born in Forest Hill,Lewisham in 1884.
Parents lived at ‘Culvers’, Borstall Hill, Whitstable, Kent.
He was at one time attached to the Ministry of Munitions in connection with a bomb and gun he had invented.
He had suffered a serious gun shot or shell wound to his right arm.
He left two children.
He is remembered on the Whitstable War Memorial which stands in Oxford Street, near the library and on the Wye College war memorial.
INSCRIPTION [on his wargrave]
DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF MARGERY HAGGER GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
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