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Henry Grant HUCKSON

Regimental number25800
Place of birthNarioka, Victoria
Place of birthNaropla. Victoria
SchoolPicola State School
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressTocumwal, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs M J Huckson, Baden Park, Tocumwal, New South Wales
Enlistment date28 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 2, Reinforcement 18
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/30/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 1 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of Meningitis. Worked as a farmer before the start of the war.
FateDied of disease 27 November 1916
Place of death or woundingCape Town, South Africa
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialWoltemade Cemetery (Cem. 4, Block I, Grave No. 102B), South Africa
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
12
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edgar Isabella HUCKSON; husband of mary HUCKSON, "Cultowa", Corsey Street, Tatura Valley, Victoria, Australia

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