HUGHES, Leslie Richard
Service Number: | 4653 |
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Enlisted: | 8 August 1915, Warwick Farm, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, April 1891 |
Home Town: | Lakemba, Canterbury, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Waverley Public School |
Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 1 October 1918 |
Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen |
Memorials: | Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
8 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Warwick Farm, New South Wales | |
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15 Jan 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 4653, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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15 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4653, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
1 Oct 1918: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-10-01 |
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"HUGHES.— Died of wounds, October 1, 1918 in France, Lieutenant Leslie Richard Hughes, 45th Battalion, second beloved son of Alfred S. and Elizabeth Hughes, of Lakemba and late representative of Arthur Cocks Ltd., Southern line, aged 27 years after three years of active service." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 10 Oct 1918 (nla.gov.au)