HUGHES, James Augustus
| Service Number: | 4826 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 4 November 1884 |
| Home Town: | Tighes Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 May 1917, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Picardie Row H, Grave No. 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4826, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4826, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4826, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney | |
| 18 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 4826, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4826 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-18 |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 18th May 1917, Private James Augustus Hughes, 55th Battalion (Reg No-4826), labourer from Mosquito Island, Newcastle, New South Wales, was Killed in Action during the Second Battle of Bullecourt, age 32. Cause of death unknown.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Watt Street, Newcastle, New South Wales on the 4th November 1884 to James (died 21.3.1929, Waratah, N.S.W., age 77) from Hewison Street, Tighes Hill, New South Wales and Maitland Road, Hexham, N.S.W., and Julia Ann Hughes nee Dempsey (died 17.2.1931, Wickham, N.S.W., age 76) from Hewison Street, Tighes Hill, New South Wales and Maitland Road, Hexham, N.S.W. and 21 Union Street, Tighes Hill, N.S.W., James enlisted on the 16th August 1915 with the 3rd Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A15 Star of England on the 8th March 1916.
Admitted to hospital 12.12.1916 (dental).
Unfortunately, no Roll of Honour notices located.
James is resting at Noreuil Australian Cemetery, France. Row H Grave 9.
Place of Association – Tighes Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Hughes’s name has been inscribed on the Mosquito Island Roll of Honour, whereabouts unknown.
Unfortunately, there is no memorial inscription at the Hughes gravesite to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of James’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. CATHOLIC 1-B. Spec. 88.
3 brothers served during The Great War.
Younger brother Richard (born 1.5.1893, Dempsey Island, New South Wales, labourer from McCisic or Mcisaac Street, Tighes Hill, N.S.W., enlisted 20.11.1916, 55th Battalion, Reg No-3412, wounded in action - 30.9.1918 (GSW right leg, severe, amputation of right leg at thigh), RTA invalided 18.5.1919, died 28.8.1959, age 66, resting at Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park (Botany Cemetery), officially commemorated - https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html.
Older brother William B (born 4.2.1881, Newcastle, N.S.W., enlisted in New Zealand on the 15th of November 1916, died?).
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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