HUGHES, Thomas Edward
| Service Number: | 4823 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Preston, Lancashire, England, October 1897 |
| Home Town: | Bayswater, Bayswater, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Eldon Street Preston, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation: | Warehouseman |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bayswater War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4823, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4823, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4823, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 4823, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4823 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Thomas Edward Hughes was one of three sons of Frederick Malcolm and Esther Hughes, of Bayswater, Western Australia who served overseas in the AIF. Thomas was only 18 years of age, his older brother Frederick, age 22, died in France of illness, two days before the armistice in 1918. A younger brother, Joseph Hughes, enlisted at the age of 16 years and four months before being returned to Australia after being caught out under age. The father, Frederick Malcolm Hughes, also enlisted in the AIF, at 47 years of age, and spent 11 days on active serve with the 51st Battalion in France. He fell sick and was evacuated to England, then was returned to Australia, ‘overage and rheumatism’.
The family had come to Western Australia from Lancashire, England during 1912.
Thomas was killed during the attack on Mouquet Farm on 3 September 1916. He was reported as missing for about 8 months before his death was confirmed. There is a note in his service file that Pioneers from another Battalion later found his paybook on a body.