Edgar Joseph HUGHES

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Service Number:	7093
Enlisted:	1 August 1916, Place of Enlistment, Longreach, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 17 January 1897
Home Town:	Longreach, Longreach, Queensland
Schooling:	Central State School, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 1 May 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Section I, Row D, Grave No 14, Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7093, 9th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Longreach, Queensland.
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 7093, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 7093, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
21 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion
4 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion
24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7093, Villers-Bretonneux, Bomb Wound to Buttocks
1 May 1918:	Involvement Private, 7093, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7093 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-01

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