Richard Samuel HUGHES

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Service Number:	1487
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 4 December 1890
Home Town:	Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 October 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Junction Soldier's Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Merewether Public School Roll of Honour

1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1487, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1487, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
1 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1487, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1487 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-01

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