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HUGHES, John
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 2242, 1364 |
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Enlisted: | 4 December 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Allendale, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Allendale State School, Victoria |
Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli |
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward (Ned) Hughes and Anna Bella Hughes of 73 Bayview Street, East Prahran, Victoria. Brother of Emma Hughes, Elizabeth Hughes and Monica Hughes
Father of ex-nuptial child, Thora Connell, with Mary Ennis nee Connell
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal