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Hugh Cornelius BUCKLEY

Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPublic servant
AddressSt Kilda, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs Margaret J Buckley, 15 Duke Street, St Kilda, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 56th Bn (Yarra Borderers), Citizen Military Forces, Victoria.
Enlistment date26 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name22nd Battalion Head-Quarters Staff
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A33 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateDied as a result of accident 27 April 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialRue-David Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 13), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Timothy and Delia BUCKLEY; husband of Margaret BUCKLEY, 32 Poplar Street, Caulfield, Victoria. Native of Richmond, Victoria
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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