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Hugh HUGHES

Regimental number4456
Place of birthStoke on Trent, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMining engineer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 8"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinMrs Florence Ethel Hughes, Hanley, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 April 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Unit name24th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Field Company Engineers
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'Commonwealth Gazette' No 169 (4 October 1917).

FateReturned to Australia 5 December 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Uriah and Harriet HUGHES. Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance.
Discharge date3 April 1920
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 death18 December 1939
Age at death50
Place of burialFawkner Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
SourcesNAA: B2455, HUGHES Hugh

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