Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

16/01/1915

Date of Discharge

11/03/1920

Place of Enlistment

Roma, Queensland

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

01/05/1893

Place of Birth

Mount Morgan, Queensland

Address (at enlistment)

Maryborough, Queensland (previously the Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT)

Occupation

Station hand

Next of Kin

Luke H. Marsland (father), Maryborough, Queensland

Service Number

71

Final Rank

Major

Final Unit

11 Light Horse Regiment AIF

Military Cross (Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, 30 August 1918)
Mentioned in Despatches (Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, 11 April 1918)

Hugh Marsland entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon with the first intake of cadets in June 1911 but was discharged from RMC in 1912 for failing to meet the required standards for advancement to the second class. He served on Gallipoli and in the Sinai and Palestine with the 11th Light Horse Regiment. He was awarded the Military Cross for his work at Beersheba in October 1917 and during the following weeks. Marsland returned to Australia and his appointment was terminated on 11 March 1920. The AWM image shows Marsland practising artillery shooting during a camp. He served in World War 2 and died in Queensland in 1969.

 Description - height 5 feet 9¾ inches, weight 168 pounds, chest 36 inches, dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, Church of England.

Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
The Duntroon Society, ‘The First Class’, Newsletter 2/2011
AWM Honours & Awards
AWM Collections Record : A04153
Queensland Births, Deaths & Marriages - https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/