Rawson, Hubert Wyatt Hay

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Arts and Eng. : Captain, 3rd Battn. (attached 2nd Battn.), Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, B.E.F., France. After service with Malay States and Singapore Volunteer Rifles, enlisted at Singapore early in 1915 and, returning to England, was commissioned 10th May, crossing to France in October and serving till death. Promoted captain, 6th November, 1915. Killed in Action, Beaumont-Hamel, 15th November, 1916, and buried in Munich Trench British Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel. Member of St. Paul's College.

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1887

Rawson H.W.H. : Life.Birth 11 Sep 1887
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Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
1904

Early education at The Armidale School, Armidale, NSW, Australia 1904
1915

Military and health.Enlisted 1915 at Malaysia --, Malaysia
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Military service as Captain at France --, France
1915

Married 12 Jun 1915 at St George's Hanover Sq. [ London United Kingdom ]
1916

Death in Beaumont-Hamel -- Somme, France 15 November 1916

Gender

Male

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