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Hugh RUSSEL

Date of birth11 March 1873
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSurveyor
AddressPerth, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation42
Next of kinWife, Mrs Georgina Russel, View Street, Cottesloe, Western Australia
Enlistment date2 March 1916
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameTunnelling Company 6, Reinforcement 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/12/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 1 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Tunnelling Company
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Unit: MIN
Promotion date: 1 March 1816

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Altered to Military Cross.
Recommendation date: 30 September 1917

FateDied of wounds 23 January 1918
Age at death from cemetery records45
Place of burialHersin Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 15). France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
27
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth RUSSEL; husband of Georgina RUSSEL, View Street, Western Australia. Native of Highgate, London, England

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