Hugh MCDEVITT

MCDEVITT, Hugh

    Service Numbers: 1391, 4021
    Enlisted: 7 November 1914, Melbourne, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1889
    Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Marist Brothers College, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of wounds, Etaples, France, 22 May 1918
    Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery
    Plot LXV, Row D, Grave No. 19
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1391, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    2 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1391, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
    2 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1391, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1391, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    15 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1391, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, No details. Returned to Egypt. Subsequently returned to Australia 5 July 1915 (VD). No record of any formal discharge.
    7 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4021, 24th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows, Vic.
    8 Feb 1916: Embarked Private, 4021, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
    8 Feb 1916: Involvement Private, 4021, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
    17 Aug 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Infantry Battalion, France
    22 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4021, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
    19 May 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4021, 22nd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW to legs and back sustained during the 6th Brigade attack at Ville sur Ancre. Evacuated to 7th Canadian General Hospital at Etaples, however died there of his wounds three days later on 22 May 1918.
    22 May 1918: Involvement Private, 4021, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4021 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-22

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Wounded (GSW to legs and back) during the 6th Brigade attack at Ville sur Ancre on 19 May 1918. Evacuated to 7th Canadian General Hospital at Etaples, however died there of his wounds three days later on 22 May 1918.

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