KANE H.A.

Given Names:  Hugh Alexander

Service Number:  3198

Unit:  6th Field Ambulance, Section A                                                                              

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  18 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Congregational

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7 In                     

Weight:  126 Lbs

Chest:  33-35½ In

Hair:  Dark

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  11/2/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Albert Edmond Kane

23 Fenhurst Grove, Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  4/6/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ajana A31

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Devanha

Embarked:  8/5/1919                                 

Disembarked:  23/6/1919

Unit:  5th Motor Transport Company                                                                                              

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:  15/8/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  2899

British War Medal:  14793

Victory Medal:  14694

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  6/1/1896

Place:  Blue Mountains, New South Wales

Father:  Albert Edmond KANE                 

Mother:  Kathleen MEEK

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Marjory MORRISON

DEATH

Date or Year: 19/4/1963                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered Enteric Fever in September 1915 and was invalided to Australia 13/12/1915 for a change ex Wandilla.  Returned 14/1/1916 on HMAT Wandilla

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Independent Church

Hawthorn Town Hall

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:   V357222                                                 

Date Enlisted:  12/4/1942                                                      

Date Discharged:  17/4/1944

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