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Donald Gordon Melville Huggins

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Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire page 131
Personal Information
Date of Birth 11 Mar 1885
Place of Birth Tweed River, New South Wales
Death 1 Apr 1960, aged 75
Place of Death My Hawthorn
Age at Enlistment 30 years old
Occupation clerk
Religion Church of England
Address NOK at 22 Chatsworth road, Mt Hawthorn, Western Australia
Next of Kin Wife Mrs Elizabeth Huggins
Military Information
Reg Number 2183
Date of Enlistment 21 Mar 1916
Rank Private
Unit/Formation 51st Battalion, 4th Reinforcements transferred to 44th Battalion / 11th Brigade, 3rd Division
Date of Embarkation 9 Aug 1916 - 25 Sep 1916
Ship Embarked On HMAT A28 Miltiades
Date of Return 27 Aug 1917 - 14 Oct 1917
Ship Returned On NZHT 82 Pakeha
Fate Wounded in Action 19 (20) Feb 1917 Armentieres
Returned to Australia
Monument Jarrahdale
Medals British War Medal
Victory Medal


Pre War

War Service

Entered Blackboy Hill camp on 25 Mar 1916, and married Elizabeth Oliver on 6 May 1916.

Transferred to the 44th Battalion on 27 Oct 1916, and moved overseas To France 25 Nov 1916 GSW to right buttock, left thigh, back and right foot; Sent home to No 8 AGH Fremantle and on recovery was discharged by 5th Military District 20 Mar 1918.

Post War

Son Laurence Munro Huggins

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