Frank HUGHES

HUGHES, Frank

Service Numbers: 118, 212
Enlisted: 19 August 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: London, England, 11 June 1888
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Cook
Died: Died of wounds, Malta, 3 August 1915, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Pieta Military Cemetery
(Plot B, Row IV, Grave No. 4), Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moonee Ponds Methodist Church HB
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World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 118, 10th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 118, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 118, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
22 Dec 1914: Involvement 212, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked 212, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
24 Jul 1915: Wounded Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 118, 10th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Cornerstone College

Frank was born in London (England) but moved to Adelaide. He was a cook and was 5 feet and 7 inches, he also had blue eyes. Frank was single and was a religious man. He signed up to the army at age 37 in 1914. He left with the 10th battalion. He died in Malta. He died from wounds on 3 August 1915. He was buried in the Pieta Military Cemetery (Plot B, Row IV, Grave No. 4), Europe. In 1915 he was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment with hard labour. He earnt a victory medal that got sent to his next of kin Henry Hughes who lived on 11 Jefferies Street, Camden Terrace, London, England. For some reason though they couldn’t trace the next of kin so they never got it to Henry. They tried making communications with Henry but he sent them back unclaimed. The money though was different, he claimed the payment due to his brother.

Although Frank is honoured as a soldier he still got up to some bad stuff, like getting drunk, abusing officers, stealing beer. These were all punishable by detention and hard labour. He also didn’t turn up to training without any leave before he went over to fight.  He broke into the canteen and took the beer, he spilt some on the floor and went back to his troop and shared it out. He did not leave a will. He got shrapnel in his leg on the last day of July and died 9 days later in the military hospital in Floriana Malta He weighed 154 lbs.

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