Hubert Charles RIGBY

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Service Number:	1268
Enlisted:	25 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Coleraine, Victoria, Australia, October 1894
Home Town:	Coleraine, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Accidental Injuries - bullet wound to the abdomen resulting in peritonitis, Egypt, 30 December 1915
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row D, Grave 240 Rev. W.F. Shannon officiated Headstone inscription reads: So dearly loved so sadly missed
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

25 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1268, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Melbourne
27 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 1268, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 1268, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
29 Dec 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 1268, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Bullet wound abdomen - accidental whilst a rifle was being cleaned
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 1268, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1268 awm_unit: 4 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-12-30

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Son of Richard and Jane Rigby of Konongwoolong via Coleraine, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal