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• Name McHUGH
• Initials J
• First name JOHN
• Place of birth Heidelberg
• Country Victoria, Australia
• Family Son of John and Alice McHugh, of 72, Wilson St., Hawksburn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted in Blackboy Hill, Western Australia on 15 June 1915
• Service number 1752
• Rank Serjeant
• Regiment and unit 28th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 7th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 2nd Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarkation in Fremantle on 23 July 1915; to France on 21 March 1916

Death

• Wounded Shrapnle wounds on back, legs and shoulder, admitted on 29 July 1916, transferred to England; back to unit on 17 January 1917
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds on neck and back at n°2 Canadian CCS
• Date of death 4 October 1917
• Died at the age of 37
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XX - F - 14A

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