Hugh Loudon GOOCH

GOOCH, Hugh Loudon

Service Numbers: 590, 69
Enlisted: 14 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Braesfoot, South Australia, Australia, 15 July 1877
Home Town: Cooke Plains, South Australia
Schooling: Lyons High School, North Adelaide
Occupation: Landholder
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, 28 August 1915, aged 38 years
Cemetery: Hill 60 Cemetery and Hill 60 (NZ) Memorial
Special Memorial 25
Memorials: Adelaide Cookes Plains WW1 List of Honour, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cooke Plains Honour Roll, Cooke Plains WW1 Soldiers Memorial Hall
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 590, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 69, Morphettville, South Australia
12 Feb 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 69, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 69, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne
28 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 69, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 69 awm_unit: 9 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-08-28

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Hugh Loudon GOOCH was born at Braesfoot, South Australia on 15th July, 1877

His parents were Douglas GOOCH and Mary LOUDON