Herbert James HUGO

HUGO, Herbert James

    Service Number: 4346
    Enlisted: 4 October 1916, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: 6th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1883
    Home Town: Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Mining Investor
    Died: Wembley, Western Australia, 23 January 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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    World War 1 Service

    4 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4346, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
    30 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 4346, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    30 Oct 1917: Embarked Private, 4346, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
    2 Jan 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion
    9 Jun 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Field Artillery Brigade
    24 Sep 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 6th Field Artillery Brigade
    9 Jan 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 4346, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 5th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Charles Hugo and Elizabeth Hugo nee Oates of Clunes, Victoria. Brother of Fred Hugo who returned to Australia on 15 July 1918 having served with the 28th Battalion

    Commenced return to Australia on 1 June 1919 aboard HT Somali disembarking on 8 July 1919.

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Husband of Mabel Ernestin Hugo nee Rogers of Perth, WA. Herbert and Mabel married during 1910c in Boulder, WA

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