Eric McHUGH

Regimental number8/3690
OccupationPipe fitter
Next of kinMother, Mrs Fanny McHugh, 15 Vine Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankSapper
Final unit3rd Field Company, New Zealand Engineers
FateDied of wounds 13 March 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialEstaires Communal Cemetery and Extension (Plot III, Row N, Grave No 1), Estaires, Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Henry and Fanny McHugh; Wife: Fanny McHugh, Wellington. Youngest son of five, all of whom served
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 31

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