Hugh Ewing

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First Name:

Hugh

Last Name:

Ewing

Date of Birth:

Friday, July 6, 1894

Mother's Name:

Jessie (nee Evans)

Father's Name:

William Ewing

Date Enlisted:

Monday, November 20, 1916

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

35th Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Wednesday, October 3, 1917

Place of Death:

Passchendaele, Belgium

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Private Hugh Ewing (Service no. 3371) was born in Mount Morgan, Queensland but the family came to the Illawarra and settled. At the time of enlistment he was described as a single 22 year old coke drawer of Scarborough who had spent five years in the CMF.

Hugh embarked on HMAT A68 Anchises with 9th Reinforcements 53rd Battalion on 24th January, 1917. He saw service on the Western Front and was transferred to 35th Battalion on 1st September, 1917.

He was killed in action on 3rd October, 1917 in the mud of Passchendaele.

Private Ewing has no known grave and is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial and also on the Wollongong Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour, along with his brother Alexander who died in France.