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Hugh Alexander RANKIN (1898 - 1917)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Hugh Alexander RANKIN (1898 - 1917) Hugh McDonald RANKIN (1858 - 1926) Angus RANKIN (1816 - 1883) Donald Angus RANKIN (1783 - 1846)
Ann Elizabeth MCDOUGALD (1790 - 1874)
Janet (Jeanette, Janey) MCPHERSON (1818 - 1892)



Mary Ann MCRAE (1857 - 1898) Donald MCRAE



Margaret FRASER



Hugh Alexander RANKIN
Hugh Alexander RANKIN
Hugh Alexander RANKIN Hugh Alexander RANKIN
b. 1898 at Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
d. 26 Sep 1917 at Belgium aged 19
Near Relatives of Hugh Alexander RANKIN (1898 - 1917)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Angus RANKIN 12 Jun 1816 Kinlochleven, Scotland 29 Jul 1883 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 67
Grandmother Janet (Jeanette, Janey) MCPHERSON 1818 Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland 02 Nov 1892 Sydney Cove, New South Wales, Australia 74
Grandfather Donald MCRAE
Grandmother Margaret FRASER

Father Hugh McDonald RANKIN 21 Jul 1858 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 02 Jan 1926 Eden, New South Wales, Australia 67
Mother Mary Ann MCRAE 13 Mar 1857 Teesdale, Victoria, Australia 19 May 1898 Holts Flat, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 41

Self Hugh Alexander RANKIN 1898 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 26 Sep 1917 Belgium 19

Sister Alfidda 'Elsie' RANKIN 29 Oct 1882 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18 Oct 1969 Canberra, ACT, Australia 86
Brother Stuart Stewart Hugh Alexander RANKIN 09 Sep 1884 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 05 Sep 1897 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 12
Sister Matilda May RANKIN 24 Jul 1885 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 04 Feb 1945 Perth, Western Australia, Australia 59
Brother Samuel Sylvester RANKIN 1886 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1957 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 71
Sister Alice Mary May RANKIN 1888 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 16 Apr 1975 Pambula Beach, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 87
Sister Annie Nancy RANKIN 1890 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1966 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 76
Brother Robert Vivian RANKIN 01 Jul 1891 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 05 Aug 1965 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia 74
Sister Christina Margaret RANKIN 1894 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18 Apr 1946 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 52
Sister Mary Josephine RANKIN 1896 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 24 Feb 1936 Manly, New South Wales, Australia 40
Half Brother John Cecil RANKIN 30 Jan 1904 Towamba, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1978 74

Uncle Samuel RANKIN May 1841 At sea 06 Feb 1893 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 51
Aunt Catherine MCDONALD 26 Sep 1842 Duntroon, ACT, Australia 1906 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 64
Uncle Alexander RANKIN 20 May 1842 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 23 Feb 1916 Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia 73
Aunt Janet MCDONALD 07 Sep 1845 Duntroon, ACT, Australia 21 May 1936 Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia 90
Uncle Angus RANKIN 17 Oct 1844 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 30 Oct 1918 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 74
Aunt Mary MCDONALD 13 Oct 1848 Holts Flat, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 28 Feb 1923 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 74
Uncle Donald RANKIN 1846 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 11 Jul 1919 Holts Flat, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 73
Aunt Elizabeth Sophia MILLER 24 Mar 1860 Bibbenluke, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18 Jan 1936 Cathcart, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 75
Aunt Isabella RANKIN 16 May 1848 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 27 Jul 1927 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 79
Uncle John Alexander MCDONALD 12 Mar 1840 Duntroon, ACT, Australia 11 Feb 1893 Holts Flat, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 52
Uncle Robert ROBERTS
Aunt Mary Jane RANKIN 19 Jun 1850 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 11 Nov 1889 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 39
Uncle Arthur James TINDALL 29 Jul 1845 Bredbo, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 05 Jan 1929 Candelo, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 83
Uncle John RANKIN abt 1852 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 22 Feb 1857 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 5
Aunt Jessie Beatrice RANKIN 19 Apr 1854 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 27 Dec 1936 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 82
Uncle Sydney James TROY 01 Mar 1855 Berrima, New South Wales, Australia 28 Jun 1920 Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia 65
Aunt Annie Isabel RANKIN 1856 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 14 Dec 1918 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 62
Uncle Samuel John GALLOWAY 1855 1915 60
Uncle Robert RANKIN 21 Jul 1858 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 16 Feb 1893 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 34
Aunt Flora Christina MCDONALD 09 Nov 1865 Myalla, Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 06 Jun 1938 Punchbowl, New South Wales, Australia 72

Cousin Margaret Christina RANKIN 28 Sep 1865 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 15 Jan 1947 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 81
Cousin John David RANKIN 1867 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1905 38
Cousin Donald James RANKIN 15 Apr 1869 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18 Nov 1957 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 88
Cousin Jessie RANKIN 1871 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1946 75
Cousin Flora RANKIN 1873 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1873 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin Thomas RANKIN 1874 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Angus Thomas RANKIN 10 Dec 1875 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 07 Aug 1912 Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia 36
Cousin Dugald Joseph RANKIN 1878 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1914 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 36
Cousin Robert Alexander RANKIN 1880 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1881 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1
Cousin Mary Catherine RANKIN 1884 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1913 29
Cousin Alexander G. RANKIN 1866 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1945 79
Cousin Mary Ann RANKIN 1867 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1867 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin Mary Ann RANKIN abt 1868 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Sarah Marjorie RANKIN 1871 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1924 53
Cousin Jessie RANKIN 1872 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Donald Angus Thomas RANKIN 1874 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1944 70
Cousin William Andrew RANKIN 1876 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1953 77
Cousin Joyce Isabella RANKIN 1878 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1960 82
Cousin Lilly Adeline RANKIN 1880 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1970 90
Cousin John Ronald RANKIN 1882 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1958 76
Cousin Florence M. RANKIN 1884 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1892 8
Cousin Samuel B. RANKIN 1886 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1946 60
Cousin George Sylvester RANKIN 1887 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1956 69
Cousin Francis Bebe RANKIN 1889 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1929 40
Cousin Sarah Ann RANKIN 16 Jun 1867 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 16 Jan 1944 Eden, New South Wales, Australia 76
Cousin James Alexander RANKIN 11 Jul 1868 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 10 May 1935 Sydney Cove, New South Wales, Australia 66
Cousin Julie Christina RANKIN 25 Jun 1870 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 07 Jul 1903 33
Cousin Rachael Rebecca RANKIN 17 Apr 1872 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 04 Aug 1945 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 73
Cousin Jessie Marcella RANKIN 05 Jun 1874 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 20 Aug 1951 Nowra, New South Wales, Australia 77
Cousin Olive Sara RANKIN 21 Jan 1879 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 04 Jan 1951 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 71
Cousin Robert Albert RANKIN 1881 11 Jun 1951 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 70
Cousin Sidney Colin RANKIN 1883 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 20 May 1955 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 72
Cousin Alvina Anastasia RANKIN 04 Oct 1884 Dalgety, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 28 Sep 1959 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 74
Cousin Nina Cecily RANKIN 15 Jun 1888 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 23 Jul 1953 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 65
Cousin Donald Alexander MCDONALD 1867 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1924 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 57
Cousin James Arthur MCDONALD 1869 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 09 May 1956 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 87
Cousin Angus Alfred MCDONALD 1871 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 30 Oct 1949 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 78
Cousin John Dougall MCDONALD 1874 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 12 May 1945 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia 71
Cousin Florence Sarah Elizabeth MCDONALD 1876 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 17 Apr 1974 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 98
Cousin Henry Albert 'Harry' MCDONALD 1882 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 09 Nov 1964 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia 82
Cousin George Bernard MCDONALD 1885 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 01 Apr 1920 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia 35
Cousin Mary Anne Louise MCDONALD 1887 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Aurthur James Thomas TINDALL 28 Aug 1872 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 15 Sep 1874 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 2
Cousin Almeria Ann TINDALL 15 Oct 1873 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 08 Sep 1934 60
Cousin Sarah Jane TINDALL 1875 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 16 Sep 1875 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin Caroline Mary TINDALL 01 Aug 1876 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 05 Aug 1958 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 82
Cousin Alice Sarah Beatrice TINDALL 05 Jul 1878 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 03 Oct 1954 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 76
Cousin Jessie Adeline TINDALL 13 Sep 1879 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 17 May 1953 73
Cousin Maud Jane TINDALL 15 Mar 1881 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1960 Bulli, New South Wales, Australia 79
Cousin Charles James TINDALL 04 Aug 1882 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 03 Nov 1962 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 80
Cousin Isabella May TINDALL 15 May 1884 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 17 May 1953 Randwick, New South Wales, Australia 69
Cousin Angus Gordon Sylvester TINDALL 1885 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 11 May 1904 Eden, New South Wales, Australia 19
Cousin Clare May TINDALL 1886 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 05 Apr 1919 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 33
Cousin Daniel TINDALL 1888 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1888 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin Mary Jane TINDALL 1889 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1941 52
Cousin Sydney Thomas TROY 1882 Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia 09 Sep 1945 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 63
Cousin Louise Harriet TROY 1884 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 01 Jul 1946 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 62
Cousin Ethel Beatrice TROY 1886 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 05 Mar 1960 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 74
Cousin Jessie Venus TROY 1888 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 04 Oct 1975 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 87
Cousin Septimus Theodore Angus RANKIN 24 Aug 1884 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 29 Aug 1958 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia 74
Cousin Sarah Ethel RANKIN 1885 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 12 Jul 1935 Drummoyne, New South Wales, Australia 50
Cousin Mary Christina Camillus RANKIN 1888 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1888 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin Pearl Camillus RANKIN 07 Nov 1889 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1964 New South Wales, Australia 75

Brother in Law John Thmas Joseph MUNRO 1882 1962 80
Brother in Law William Mark MCCURLEY 1878 1961 83
Brother in Law Oliver PAGE 1879 1948 69
Brother in Law Henry Albert SUMMERELL 17 Nov 1903 Thoko, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 24 Jan 1979 Pambula Beach, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 75
Brother in Law Frederick SWITZER 1895 26 Apr 1963 Griffith, New South Wales, Australia 68
Brother in Law William George DYKES 1901 04 Dec 1967 Frenchs Forest, New South Wales, Australia 66
Events in Hugh Alexander RANKIN (1898 - 1917)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1898 Hugh Alexander RANKIN was born Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18
19 May 1898 Death of mother Mary Ann MCRAE (aged 41) Holts Flat, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18
26 Sep 1917 19 Hugh Alexander RANKIN died Belgium KIA 18
Personal Notes:
ROLL OF HONOUR
Hugh Alexander Rankin
Service number 2222
Rank Private
Unit 55th Australian Infantry Battalion
Service Australian Imperial Force
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Conflict Eligibility Date First World War, 1914-1921
Date of Death 26 September 1917
Place of Death Belgium
Place of Association Craigie, New South Wales, Australia
Cemetery or Memorial Details Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Source AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army


RANKIN, Hugh Alexander
Personal Details Service History Personal Stories
Service Number: 2222
Enlisted: 11 January 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 55th Infantry Battalion
Born: Nimmitabel, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Craigie, Bombala, New South Wales
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood
Plot XIX, Row D, Grave I, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Source References:
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