HUGHES, James Frederick
| Service Number: | 99 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, 14 December 1886 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coal trimmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 23), Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 99, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 99, 35th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 99, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney |
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Submitted 16 March 2019 by robert john hollis
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 12th October 1917, Private James Frederick Hughes, referred to as Sono, 35th Battalion (Reg No-99), coal trimmer from Mary Street, Linwood, New South Wales, was Killed in Action during the 1st Battle of Passchendaele, Passchendaele Campaign, age 30.
Cause of death unknown.
Born at Carrington, New South Wales on the 14th December 1886 to John (died 30.5.1913, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 55) from Hargrave Street, Carrington, N.S.W., and Margaret Hughes (died 28.8.1912, Wickham, N.S.W., age 52, mother of 1 boy, 6 girls) from Hargrave Street, Carrington, N.S.W., Sono enlisted on the 24th November 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Wounded in action - 7.6.1917 (GSW left hand, Battle of Messines).
Admitted to hospital 15.9.1917 (trench fever).
Sono’s name has been inscribed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 23), Belgium.
Place of Association – Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Hughes’s name has also been inscribed on the Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates, Carrington Municipal District Roll of Honor, Carrington Football Club Roll of Honor and the Book of Gold.
Unfortunately, there is no memorial inscription at the Hughes gravesite to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, so September 2017 I erected a Memorial cross adorned with poppies in remembrance of Sono’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 1-30. 29.
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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