GUTHRIE, Hugh
| Service Number: | 822 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 36th Heavy Artillery Group |
| Born: | Donoughmore, Donegal, Ireland , 19 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draper's Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 25 July 1959, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Fremantle Loyal Orange Lodge "No Surrender" No 7 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 822, 36th Heavy Artillery Group | |
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| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 822, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 822, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 25 Sep 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 822, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, per Mahana | |
| 18 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 822, 36th Heavy Artillery Group |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Hugh was the tenth of fourteen children of William H Guthrie (born 1853 in Donegal, Ireland) and Ellen Jane Long (born 1861 in Donegal, Ireland). Following William's death in 1901, Ellen and most of the children immigrated to Australia, where Ellen remarried and settled in Fremantle.
Hugh was 16 years of age when he arrived at Fremantle in Western Australia on board the Orontes. He commenced work the next year as a Draper's Shop Assistant, and was serving with the 11th Australian Garrison Artillery when he enlisted in the AIF in February 1916. Hugh served as a Gunner (Service No:822) with 9th Reinforcements 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Brigade and 54th Seige Artillery Brigade. He was granted leave between June and September 1919 to assist with harvesting at Vale House Farm in Preston, and was Discharged in December 1918.
Hugh returned to Fremantle in WA and was working as a Draper's Assistant in 1927 when he married Barbara Mary Hicks (born 1898 in Fremantle, WA). Hugh and Barbara settled in Fremantle, WA where Hugh worked as a Commercial Traveller until his death in 1959. Barbara died in 1992.