Otto William (Bill) HUGHES

Badge Number: 4291, Sub Branch: Unley
4291

HUGHES, Otto William

Service Numbers: 137, S52436
Enlisted: 14 September 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Australian Mounted Divisional Train
Born: Meningie, South Australia, 2 June 1896
Home Town: Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station Hand
Died: South Australia, 27 January 1970, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Cremation
Memorials: Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 137, 9th Light Horse Regiment
12 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 137, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne
12 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 137, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Driver, 137, Australian Mounted Divisional Train

World War 2 Service

17 Feb 1942: Involvement Private, S52436
17 Feb 1942: Enlisted Murray Bridge, SA
17 Feb 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S52436

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922

Name  Otto William Hughes
Birth Date 2 Jun. 1896
Birth Place Meningie
Registration Place Wellington, South Australia, Australia
Father James Henry Hughes
Mother Christena McLean
Page number 344
Volume Number 585