Hugh MCCUSKER

MCCUSKER, Hugh

Service Number: 5423
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 45th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ballinahaye, Co. Tyrone, Ireland, 1888
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
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World War 1 Service

9 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 5423, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 5423, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
7 Jun 1917: Involvement Lance Corporal, 5423, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5423 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-07

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Biography

Hugh was born in County Tyrone, Ireland in 1888, he had three sisters, Kate, Margaret and Mary  and two brothers, Patrick and Michael, Kate and Margaret left Ireland and settled in America, Mary settled in Scotland, Michael settled in Consett, England and Patrick stayed in Ireland. Hugh left Ireland in 1908 and after Working in Glasgow for a short time he then left for Consett where work was plentiful at the Consett Iron Company, he settled there with his family until 1913 when he left for Australia.  

He was killed in action on June 7th 1917, just a few days after his brother Michaels youngest son was born, that son was named Hugh in honour of his  uncle.

Hugh won the Military Medal for bravery, he rescued one wounded man and then went back and rescued another.

Hugh never married but through research by his family over the years, he'll never be forgotten.

 

 

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