Regimental number | 60564 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Stanborough, New South Wales |
Place of birth | Uralla, New South Wales |
School | St Joseph's (Catholic) School Uralla, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Salesman |
Address | Strathfield, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Next of kin | Brother, J McHugh, Bundarra, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | New South Wales Reinforcement 17 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/111/6 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A41 Bakara on |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | Sierra Leone, West Africa |
Age at death | 29 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Freetown Naval and Military (King Tom) Cemetery (Plot 4, Row 179), Sierra Leone, West Africa |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 185 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Mary McHUGH, Bundarra, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Cousin: 154 Lance Corporal Walter Terence McHUGH, 7th Light Horse, returned to Australia, 7 January 1919. |
Other details |
War service: embarked Sydney, 4 September 1918. Admitted to ship's hospital with influenza, 22 October 1918. Discharged from ship's hospital, disembarked and admitted to Military Hospital, Sierra Leone, 25 October 1918. Died and buried, 1 November 1918. Medals: British War Medal |