Regimental number | 1137 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | South Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Station overseer |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 43 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Lydia Bertha Hughes, 511 Dowling Street, Moore Park, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Rosehill, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Sergeant |
Unit name | 2nd Battalion, 1st Reinforcement |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 54th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Married Lydia Bertha James, 7 November 1907. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 43 |
Place of burial | Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle d'Armentieres (Plot VI, Row D, Grave No. 48), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 159 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry and Mary HUGHES; husband of L.B. Hughes, 31A Charles Street, Forrest Gate, Sydney. Native of Melbourne |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 5 April 1916. Detailed permanently to Beach Party, Dardanelles, 8 July 1915. Returned to 2nd Bn from Beach Party, then attached Assistant Provost Marshal, Camp Commandant, ANZAC Headquarters, Ismailia Administration, 23 December 1915. Joined 54th Bn from Details, Canal Zone, 10 June 1916. Reply to letter, 23 February 1916, by Commanding Officer 2nd Bn, stated Corporal Hughes 'did not rejoin 2nd Bttn from Beach Party upon evacuation from Gallipoli Peninsula'. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 20 July 1916. Identification disc received from Germany. No particulars afforded except that soldier is dead. To be reported as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'. Statement, Red Cross File No 1390205 , 3011 Pte R.J. BOON, 54th Bn (patient, Grayligwell Hospital, Chichester, England), 6 March 1917: 'I saw Cpl Hughes killed outside our own trench 20th July/16 by rifle fire, the Battn was between Fleurbaix and Fromelles.' Handwritten note on same file:' German D.L. 4/11/16'. Copy of Death Voucher: 'Australian soldier Hughes [underlined], W.G. 1137, 2nd Battn. fell on 19/7/16 in the neighbourhead of Fromelles.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HUGHES Walter Godfrey
Red Cross file 1390205 |