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Alexander SHUGG

Regimental number4596
Place of birthMaryborough, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationRailway employee
AddressFoster Street, Dandenong, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 6"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs R Shugg, Foster Street, Dandenong, Victoria
Previous military serviceMember for 4 months of Dookie Rifle Club.
Enlistment date20 September 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Date of fate incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as 4 October 1915.
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialOxford Road Cemetery (Plot III, Row H, Grave No. 7), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
51
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary SHUGG; husband of Rose SHUGG, 25 Pridham Street, Prahran, Victoria. Native of Maryborough, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, SHUGG Alexander

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