CATE H.C.

Given Names:  Hugh Cuthbert Eric

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Unit:  6th Battalion, Headquarters                                                                                     

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

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Age:  28 Yrs   6 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk / Accountant                                                                                      

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:   6 Ft   ¾ In

Weight:   207 Lbs

Chest:   39¾ In

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ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  24/8/1914

Place: 

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Blanche Dalwood Cate

Inymba', 27 Denmark Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                            

Embarkation Date:  19/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Hororata A20

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ceramic

Embarked:  4/5/1915                                 

Disembarked:  26/5/1915

Unit:  29th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Captain

Discharge Date:  17/8/1918                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  6509

British War Medal:  1524

Victory Medal:  1523

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  20/2/1886

Place:  New Glenelg, South Australia       

Father:  William CATE                             

Mother:  Florence Matilda DAY

MARRIAGE

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Spouse: Blanche Dalwood WILKINSON

DEATH

Date or Year: 19/6/1941                          

Place: South Yarra, Victoria                     

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Second period of service - Embarked = 10/11/1915; Melbourne, HMAT Ascanius A11

RTA - Rank = Field Marshall; Embarked = 28/4/1918; Disembarked - 22/5/1918

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

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