Edward Horace HUGGETT

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HUGGETT, Edward Horace

Service Number:	6530
Enlisted:	1 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Picton, New South Wales, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in action, France, 10 August 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wellington Cenotaph, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

1 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6530, 13th Infantry Battalion
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6530, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6530, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Edward Horace Huggett was the son of Edward and Eliza Huggett of Badangora, New South Wales and husband of Johanna Huggett, of Paddington, New South Wales.

His brother, 2090 Pte G.A. Huggett 34th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Passchendaele in 1917. Another brother 7743 Pte J.S. Huggett, 34th Battalion was wounded and returned to Australia in 1919.

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