HERON, Hugh
| Service Number: | 327 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train |
| Born: | Melbourne, Vic., 1891 |
| Home Town: | Northcote, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jun 1915: | Involvement 327, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Jun 1915: | Embarked 327, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne |
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BROTHERS IN THE FIRING LINE
Enlisting early in 1915, two brothers, Sergeant Hugh Heron and Fitter Percy J. Heron, have done notable service for the cause of Australia and the Empire. Both brothers were sportsmen of exceptional merit and excelled in all athletic exercises, while on the football field their prowess was well known. Sergeant Hugh Heron sailed from Melbourne on June 3, 1915, with the first Australian Bridging Train. He saw service in Gallipoli, and is now in France with an artillery battery. Before leaving for the front, he played with the Fitzroy Football Club, later on transferring to Essendon, and again
re-transferring back to Fitzroy. He also umpired many important games. He has on several occasions showed at the front that he has lost none of his old-time dash in some of the hard-fought games played be tween the Australians and the 'Tommies' in their moments of leisure. A month or two ago, in a gas attack which the Germans sustained for eight hours, he got slightly gassed, and latest news reports him still out of the lines.
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