Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Claude Hugonin
Ancestor's date of birth: 15/04/1867
Ancestor's date of death: 02/05/1961
Cause of Death: Coronary Artery disease, arteriosclerosis.
Service and Life Before the Boer War: Claude sailed from England on 7 March 1890 on the ship Jumna, arriving in Queensland on 2 May 1890. He worked on sheep stations in the Longreach area before enlisting in the Boer War.
Service Number: 17 (2QMI) other service - officer, no number
Colony or State of enlistment: QLD Place of Enlistment: Brisbane
Unit: 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry and 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Rank attained in Boer War: LT, Date Effective: 01/03/1901
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War Service
Murray Page: 460 and 492
Contingent: Second Queensland and Fifth Queensland
Ship: Maori King, Date of Sailing: 01/01/1900
Ship: Templemore, Date of Sailing: 06/03/1901
Memorial details: Queensland Mounted Infantry Museum, Enoggera, Queensland.
Awards/Decorations/Commendations: Queens Medal and four clasps including Transvaal, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 (one month short of receiving the King's South Africa Medal).
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: From March 1900 in Free State, west and east Transvaal as a private with the 2nd QMI, invalided to Australia, arriving 25 August 1900. April 1901 - March 1902 as a lieutenant with the 5th QIB in east Transvaal, Free State including defeat at Mokari Drift (27 September 1901), and Natal border campaign including stand at Onverwacht (4 January 1902) where 13 died and 17 wounded.
Service and life after the Boer War: In 1906 Claude worked as a Crown Lands Ranger in Geraldton (now Innisfail) district in Queensland. He remained in this position until 3 March 1910 when he was employed by Queensland Railway as a Time Keeper, resigning and retiring on the 14 September 1927 at age 60.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Isabel Vevey Burke
Relationship to Ancestor: daughterName of Descendant: Barry Burke, Minyama Sunshine Coast QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
