The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Fawcus
- First Name:
- Hugh Robert Nelson
- Rank:
- Corporal
- Regimental #:
- WX4945
- Classification:
- Cook
- Company:
- 'A' Company Headquarters
- Enlisted:
- 23.07.1940
- DOB:
- 16.06.1901
- Place of Birth:
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Father's Name:
- Robert Flynn Fawcus
- Mothers's Name:
- Sarah Fawcus (nee Nelson)
- Religion:
- Roman Catholic
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Horse Breaker
- Memorial:
- Kranji War Cemetery, Plot 3, Row C, Grave 11, Age 40.
- Cause of Death:
- Died of Wounds.
- Place of Death:
- 2/13th Australian General Hospital
- Date of Death:
- 20.02.1942
- Buried:
- Martia Road Military Cemetery, Katong. Section No 20, Grave No 20, Roman Catholic Section Map Reference 927113
General Description
Wounded by shell fire on afternoon of 15.2.1942 at Cemetery Hill, Buona Vista. Admitted to 2/13th Australian General Hospital on 16.2.1942 with shrapnel wounds to both legs and a gunshot wound to the left elbow. Soldier’s right leg was amputated on 16.2.1942, but due to toxaemia an emergency operation was conducted on 17.2.1942. Funeral service was conducted by Chaplain Lionel T. Marsden from 2/13th Australian General Hospital on 20.2.1942. The soldier’s body was re‐ interred at Kranji War Cemetery on 1.5.1946.
‘Hughie’ as he was known to his parents was their only child. His father passed away in 1944 and his mother in 1945, in Victoria.
Hugh’s father’s death
Hugh’s mother’s death
Hugh was residing in Leederville when he enlisted at Claremont in 1940. Unfortunately, despite extensive search, little else is known of his previous life.
