BIGSBY-CHAMBERLIN, Hugh
| Service Number: | V15659 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1941, Royal Park, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Craftsman |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| Born: | North Wheatley, Nottinghamshire, England, 13 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Kyabram, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Fitter and turner |
| Died: | Illness, 115th Australian General Hospital (Heidelberg), Melbourne, Australia, 1 November 1943, aged 52 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 1 P A 5 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Craftsman, V15659 | |
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| 5 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, V15659, Royal Park, Victoria | |
| 1 Nov 1943: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Craftsman, V15659, Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Hugh BIGSBY-CHAMBERLIN was born on 13th October, 1891 in North Wheatley, Nottinghamshire, England
His parents were The Reverend Thomas Chamberlin BIGSBY-CHAMBERLIN & Edith Mary HOMFRAY who married in England in 1888
He enlisted in the Australian Army on 5th June 1941 & served with the Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, 6th Line of Communication AEME (Area Workshop)
Hugh married Caroline Jane ROBINSON in Yorkshire, England in 1915
He died of Illness in Mitcham, Victoria - late of 961 Whitehorse Road, Mitcham and is buried in the Springvale War Cemetery
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From How We Served
The final resting place for; - V15659 Craftsman Hugh Bigsby-Chamberlin of North Wheatley, England and Kyabram, Victoria had spent some 8 years with the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons, including service in the trenches of Northern France, during the First World War, prior to his immigration to Australia.
Having settled down in Australia, following his discharge from the British Army, Hugh was married, and employed as a fitter and turner, when a Second World War broke out.
Hugh chose to re-enlist with the Military Forces of his newly adopted country and presented himself for service on the 4th of May 1941.
Accepted for full time duty within Australia, Hugh was allocated firstly to the 3rd Ordnance Workshops Company, before being transferred to the 3rd Military District Ordnance Workshop Company on the 1st of November 1941.
Serving continuously within Victoria, Hugh would lastly be posted to the Victorian Lines of Communication Area Work Shops on the 10th of August 1943.
It was whilst serving with this Unit that Hugh was evacuated due sickness, and was admitted into the 115th Australian General Hospital (Heidelberg) on the 19th of October 1943. There was no improvement in Hugh’s condition, and he finally succumbed to illness whilst still under treatment on the 1st of October 1943.
At the time of his premature passing, Hugh was aged 54.
Following his death whilst on service with the Australian Military Forces, Craftsman Hugh Bigsby-Chamberlin, a British veteran of the ‘Great War’, and who had chosen to serve in a Second World War, was formally laid to rest within Springvale War Cemetery, Victoria.
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