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HUGHES, Hugh
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1397, 1397A |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Llanring, Wales, April 1890 |
| Home Town: | Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Hit by shell during attack, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kurri Kurri War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1397, Light Trench Mortar Batteries | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 1397, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 1397, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 30 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 1397A, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1397A awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Hugh and Jane HUGHES; husband of Mary HUGHES, Brynllely, Carmel, Groeslon, Carnarvonshire, Wales
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Philippe Clerbout and John Gillam
1397A Private Hugh Hughes - WW1
1397 Private H. Hughes of the 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery. Hughes, a 26 year old miner from Carmel, Carnarvonshire, Wales, UK, enlisted in the AIF at Kurri Kurri, NSW, on 5 June 1916. He was killed in action by artillery fire on 12 October 1917 serving on the Western Front in the 35th Infantry Battalion AIF during the second battle of Passchendaele.
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