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NIELSEN, Hugh Clifford
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX4903 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 15 June 1921 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental, At sea (Nino Bixio), Mediterranean Sea, 17 August 1942, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Col 94 |
| Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX4903 | |
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| 23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX4903, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cherilyn McMeekin
Hugh's birth was registered as Hughie Clifford (reg. Perth 1709/1921). His parents Sigfred and Alice (known as May) married in South Australia in 1907. Hugh was one of nine children and the youngest surviving child, a younger brother passing in infancy. An older brother, Allan (Curly) died of illness in a POW Camp in Thailand on Christmas Eve, 1943. His other older brother, Frederick, also served.