Kenneth Roy HUGHES

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HUGHES, Kenneth Roy

Service Numbers:	1929, S38291
Enlisted:	22 February 1916, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
Born:	Rose Park, South Australia, Australia, 6 May 1897
Home Town:	Henley Beach , City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia
Schooling:	Rose Park Public School
Occupation:	Warehouseman
Died:	Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia, 25 December 1950, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Plot C
Memorials:	Adelaide Royal Oak Lodge Honor Roll, Henley Beach Council WW1 Service Roll, Rose Park Public School WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

22 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1929, 50th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
13 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 1929, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide
13 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 1929, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

12 Mar 1942:	Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, S38291
12 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, S38291, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Wayville, SA
12 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
24 Mar 1944:	Discharged

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Wounded 1929, 50th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of George Edwin HUGHES and Margaret Jean HUGHES nee BAILLIE, 4 Marine Residence, Grange, South Australia

Husband of Elsie Marion HUGHES, 434 Sea View Road, Henley Beach, South Australia

HUGHES. — On December 25, at Port Pirie Hospital, Kenneth Roy Hughes, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Hughes, of 73 Esplanade, Tennyson, Grange North, loved brother of Alan and Pete.

HUGHES. — On December 25, at Port Pirie Hospital, Kenneth Roy Hughes, of International Hotel, Port Pirie, beloved husband of Elsie Marion Hughes.

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