HUGHES, Frederick Malcolm
| Service Number: | 4824 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Swindon, England , 3 November 1868 |
| Home Town: | Bayswater, Bayswater, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | St David’s C of E First School, Exeter, England |
| Occupation: | Watchman |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 19 October 1947, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4824, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4824, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4824, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle |
Help us honour Frederick Malcolm Hughes's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Frederick Malcolm Hughes was the 47-year-old father of three sons who served overseas in the AIF.
He had brought his family to Perth from Lancashire in England during 1912. He had served in the Royal North Lancashire Regiment for over 15 years and was in the army at the time of the Boer War.
Frederick served for only 11 days with the 51st Battalion from the 23 July 1916 before he was sent to hospital sick with rheumatism. He was evacuated to England immediately and was returned to Australa during April 1917.
His two older sons lost their lives in France, Thomas was killed at Mouquet Farm in 1916 and Frederick junior died of pneumonia two days before the Armistice in November 1918. As a father, he wrote to the AIF in 1917 and asked if his youngest son, Joseph, who was only sixteen years of age, could be sent home or transferred out of danger to England. Joseph was returned to Australia as underage during September 1918.