Donald Gordon Melville Huggins

Australia's Fighting Sons of the Empire page 131
Personal Information
Date of Birth	11 Mar 1885
Place of Birth	Tweed River, New South Wales
Death	1 Apr 1960, aged 75
Place of Death	My Hawthorn
Age at Enlistment	30 years old
Occupation	clerk
Religion	Church of England
Address	NOK at 22 Chatsworth road, Mt Hawthorn, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Wife Mrs Elizabeth Huggins
Military Information
Reg Number	2183
Date of Enlistment	21 Mar 1916
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	51st Battalion, 4th Reinforcements transferred to 44th Battalion / 11th Brigade, 3rd Division
Date of Embarkation	9 Aug 1916 - 25 Sep 1916
Ship Embarked On	HMAT A28 Miltiades
Date of Return	27 Aug 1917 - 14 Oct 1917
Ship Returned On	NZHT 82 Pakeha
Fate	Wounded in Action 19 (20) Feb 1917 Armentieres Returned to Australia
Monument	Jarrahdale
Medals	British War Medal Victory Medal

War Service

Entered Blackboy Hill camp on 25 Mar 1916, and married Elizabeth Oliver on 6 May 1916.

Transferred to the 44th Battalion on 27 Oct 1916, and moved overseas To France 25 Nov 1916 GSW to right buttock, left thigh, back and right foot; Sent home to No 8 AGH Fremantle and on recovery was discharged by 5th Military District 20 Mar 1918.

Post War

Son Laurence Munro Huggins