HUGHES, Ivan George
| Service Number: | 295 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1916, Leongatha, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dumbalk, Victoria, Australia, September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Dumbalk, South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | War service - trench feet and wounds, 14 October 1924, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Warragul Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Leongatha, Victoria | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 295, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 295, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 9 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 295, 60th Infantry Battalion, GSW to face - severe | |
| 1 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 295, 60th Infantry Battalion, MD severe trench feet |
Ivan George Hughes
From How We Served:
295 Private Ivan George Hughes of Dunbalk, South Gippsland, Victoria had been employed as a farm labourer when he enlisted for War Service on the 8th of March 1916. Allocated to reinforcements for the 38th Battalion, 1st AIF, Ivan was embarked for England and further training on the 20th of June 1916, and following his arrival he was trasferred over to the 60th Battalion.
Ivan departed for France and joined his Battalion in the trenches on the 9th of October 1916, after having received further training at The Bull Ring, Etaples. On the 1st of December Ivan received a serious gunshot wound to his face and head, and following his being evacuated it was as well discovered he had developed 'trench feet'. Ivan was sent to England for hospitalisation and following a period of convalescence, he was deemed fit enough to be returned to France, arriving back on the 4th of June 1917.
Almost as soon as he had arrived at Le Havre, Ivan's trench feet condition had broken out again, and he was forced to be returned to England for further hospitalisation. It was determined by a medical board that Ivan should be returned to Australia and he was shipped back as an invalid on the 19th of October. Due to the severity of his condition Ivan was admitted into the 11th Australian General Hospital (Caulfield} on the 15th of December 1917 where he would undergo on going treament for his War caused injuries.
Ivan's premature death at the age of 27, caused by his service with the 1st AIF, occurred on the 14th of October 1924. Private Ivan Hughes was formally laid to rest within Warringal Cemetery, Victoria.
Submitted 16 June 2019 by Evan Evans
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