Claude HUGONIN

HUGONIN, Claude

Service Number: 17
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born: Torquay, Devon, England, 1867
Home Town: Ormiston, Redland, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: 2 May 1961, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 17, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry
13 Jan 1900: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 17, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 457 notes 2nd Contingent embarked at Brisbane 13 Jan 1900 aboard Maori King arriving Cape Town 24 Feb 1900.
26 Sep 1900: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 17, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided due to Enteric Fever returned to Australia aboard Nineveh arriving Brisbane 15 Sep 1900, discharged 26 Sep 1900.
6 Mar 1901: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes contingent embarked 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes contingent embarked 27 Mar 1902 from Cape Town returning to Australia aboard St Andrew arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Claude Hugonin served twice in the South African (Boer) War, first as a Private S.N. 17 in the 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry, second as a Lieutenant in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen (source AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 460 and 492).