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Vivian Westbury HUGHES

Regimental number4658
Place of birthVictoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank officer
AddressBank of Australiasia, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs Olive Amy Charfield Hughes, May Club, Gresham Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Previous military serviceA/CPL
Enlistment date26 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateDied of injuries 28 April 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Vivian spelt Vyvyan
Place of burialKanatta Cemetery (Portion Church of England, Plot IX, Row I, Grave No. 8), Asia
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
110
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Janie HUGHES; husband of Olive HUGHES, "Kurston", 11 Mercey Street, Irland Bay, Wellington, New Zealand

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