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HUGHES, Percival James
| Service Number: | 3010 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hindmarsh, SA, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Croydon, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | 25 October 1983, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Fremantle D & J Fowler Ltd. Staff |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3010, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 14 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3010, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3010, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 3010, 12th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
General Birwood presented his Meritorios Service Medal on 6 March 1920.
Meritorious Service Medal
'Sergeant Hughes has been on orderly room duties both as clerk and as orderly room sergeant with Headquarters Brigade for a period of over three years. During the whole of that period he has shown the utmost attention and devotion to duty. He has worked assiduously and with cheerfulness and on all occasions been unsparing to himself in obtaining the best and most accurate results. On many occasions during tour of duty in the line he has had of necessity to work long hours under most adverse and trying physical conditions. On numerous occasions he has worked under heavy and continuous shell fire, but never once has he failed to carry out his duties in a most thorough, reliable and satisfactory manner.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 113
Date: 6 October 1919
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