Francis Vane (Frank or Checker) HUGHES

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Service Number:	4521
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Myrtleford, Victoria, Australia, 26 February 1894
Home Town:	Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Cambridge Street State School No.1895, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Leather dresser
Died:	Melbourne East, Victoria, Australia, 23 January 1978, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Church of England 4, Section W, Grave 332L
Memorials:

28 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4521, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4521, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
1 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion
17 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4521, 57th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria per HMT Transylvania, disembarked Marseilles 23 June, 1916
11 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 57th Infantry Battalion
7 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 57th Infantry Battalion
3 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 57th Infantry Battalion
29 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 57th Infantry Battalion
13 Oct 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 57th Infantry Battalion
31 Mar 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, 4521, 57th Infantry Battalion, Ex Liverpool per HMT Khyber, invalid. Disembarked Melbourne, 12 May, 1919.

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Richmond Football Club Premiership player 1920 and 1921.

Ulverstone, Tasmania, non-playing Coach 1925-1926.

Richmond Football Club non-playing Premiership Coach 1932.

Melbourne Football Club non-playing Premiership Coach 1939, 1940, 1941 and 1948. Responsible for change of nickname from Fuchsias to Demons.

In 2021, the AFL struck the Frank Checker Hughes Medal for the best player in the Anzac Round Richmond V Melbourne match.