William John HUGHES

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HUGHES, William John

Service Numbers:	1335, 1335A
Enlisted:	13 January 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newton Hamilton, Ireland, July 1884
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Police constable
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Queensland Police Service Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

13 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1335, Brisbane, Queensland
13 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1335A, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
13 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1335A, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane
3 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1335, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1335 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-03

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"Constable William Hughes was a veteran Police officer with 9 years’ experience in Ireland before he joined the Queensland Police in April 1914. He was one of the four police officers, Bourke, Johnson and Mulvie, who all joined the 15th Battalion on 13 January 1915. Hughes embarked aboard HMAT Seang Bee A48 on 12 February 1915, he was 30 years old. Hughes was killed in fierce action at or near the Garrison of Quinn’s Post at Gallipoli on 3 May 1915 however, his body was not located nor marked at burial." - SOURCE (www.police.qld.gov.au)

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