Hugh Alexander STRAIN

STRAIN, Hugh Alexander

    Service Numbers: 3361, Q224426
    Enlisted: 28 September 1914, Brisbane, Qld.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 22nd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
    Born: Dayboro, QLD, 19 May 1888
    Home Town: Petrie, Moreton Bay, Queensland
    Schooling: State School
    Occupation: Mine Labourer
    Died: Queensland, 8 March 1955, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Collinsville Cemetery, Queensland
    Monumental Section, Grave 413 - UNMARKED GRAVE
    Memorials: Dayboro Showgrounds War Memorial, Dayboro War Memorial, Pine Shire Council Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 3361, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Brisbane, Qld.
    21 Dec 1914: Embarked Driver, 3361, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Thirty-Seven, Newcastle
    21 Dec 1914: Involvement Driver, 3361, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Newcastle embarkation_ship: HMAT Thirty-Seven embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''

    World War 2 Service

    25 Sep 1942: Involvement Private, Q224426, Page missing from Enlistment Register
    25 Sep 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q224426, 22nd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
    25 Sep 1942: Enlisted
    18 May 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q224426, 22nd (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
    18 May 1944: Discharged

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Hugh's parents were Hugh Alexander Strain and Mary Eliza Storey. His father was a Dayboro pioneer, selecting land for dairying at Laceys Creek and then established a general store. Hugh enlisted on 28 September 1914 at Brisbane. His unit embarked from Newcastle, New South Wales, 21 December 1914. In France April 1918 Hugh was admitted to hospital after being gassed. Hugh is listed on the 1919 electoral rolls as living a Dayboro, his occupation was a farmer.

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