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Lawrence Lancelot HUGHES

Regimental number4450
Place of birthWillowie, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressTintinarra, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Alfred L Hughes, Tintinarra, South Australia
Enlistment date28 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 27 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialCrouy British Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 18), Crouy-Sur-Somme, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
150
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Catherine HUGHES, Willowie, South Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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