Joseph Lance HUGHES

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Service Numbers:	2400, W72021
Enlisted:	18 May 1915, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dongara, Western Australia, 3 January 1893
Home Town:	Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Natural Causes, Western Australia, 19 December 1967, aged 74 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Homebush Western Australian Bank WW1 Roll of Honor

18 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth, Western Australia
18 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2400, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: ''
18 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2400, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Chilka, Fremantle
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2400, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
1 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
29 Jul 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st to 3rd (WA) and (TAS) Reinforcements, A74 Marathon, Albany
7 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1
7 Nov 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion

3 May 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W72021

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Returned to Australia suffering enteric fever in 1916 after Galliopli campaign.

Re-embarked as 2nd Lieutenant in 1918

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