Rose, Hugh James
SURNAME
Rose
NAME
Hugh James
PLACE OF BIRTH
Port Douglas, Qld
OCCUPATION
Farmer (farm labourer)
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Brisbane, Qld
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
26/10/1916
NEXT OF KIN
Annie Rose, Waterworks Road, Red Hill, Brisbane (mother)
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Born Port Douglas
REGIMENT 1
31st Battalion AIF
REGIMENT 2
8th Light Trench Mortar Battery
RANK
Private
CAMPAIGN 1
Western Front
DATE DISCHARGED
29/06/1919
OTHER INFORMATION
German Prisoner of War documents. Awarded the British War Medal, Victory Medal.
STORY OUTLINE
Hugh Rose, born in Port Douglas on 28/08/1889, enlisted in Brisbane on 26/10/1916.
On 1/08/1917 he was taken on strength with 31st Battalion, and detached to the 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery on 20/09/1917.
He was reported missing in action on 26/09/1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele.
German Prisoner of War documents give his place of capture variously as Polygon Wood, Menin, and Ypres.
He was in a German hospital with wounds to the head (left eye) and shoulder, then a POW in Limburg.
He was repatriated to England on 11/01/1919 and discharged in Australia on 29/06/1919.
SERVICE NO
4589
