Regimental number | 4456 |
Place of birth | Stoke on Trent, England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Mining engineer |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 168 lbs |
Next of kin | Mrs Florence Ethel Hughes, Hanley, England |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Unit name | 24th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/41/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Field Company Engineers |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'Commonwealth Gazette' No 169 (4 October 1917). |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Uriah and Harriet HUGHES. Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance. |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 3 August 1915. Transferred to 8the Field Company engineers, 15 August 1915. Appointed 2nd Corporal, 16 August 1915; Temporary Corporal, 10 October 1915; Temporary Sergeant, 15 December 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 9 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Reverted to Temporary Corporal, 28 January 1916. Appointed Corporal (Probation), Tel el Kebir, 13 March 1916; Sergeant, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 25 June 1916. Admitted to 38th Casualty Clearing Station, 2 December 1916 (bronchitis); transferred to Ambulance Train, 5 December 1916, and admitted to 2nd General Hospital, Rouen, 6 December 1916; transferred to No 4 Convalescent Depot, Havre, 20 December 1916; to Base Depot, Etaples, 22 December 1916; taken on strength, 8th Field Company Engineers, in the field, 1 January 1917. On leave to England, 18 January 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 10 February 1917. On leave to England, 23 April 1917; rejoined unit, 9 May 1917. Transferred to England to join 16th Field Company Engineers (new formation), 14 May 1917. Transferred to 17th Field Company Company Engineers, 17 May 1917, and taken on strength, Parkhouse. Retransferred to 8th Field Company Engineers, 26 november 1917. Marched in to Engineers Training Depot, Brightlingsea, 2 January 1918; taken on strength of Permanent Cadre, 28 May 1918, and promoted Temporary Company Sergeant Major. Granted Educational Leave, 17 February-17 November 1919 (Non-Military Employment: industrial administration course with pay and subs, Manchester University College of Technology; to retain rank of Temporary CSM). Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Lucie Woermann', 5 December 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 30 January 1920; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Melbourne, 3 April 1920. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Death attributed to war service. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 50 |
Place of burial | Fawkner Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HUGHES Hugh |