Rex Lewis HUGHES

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Service Number:	SX11887
Enlisted:	22 March 1941, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Payneham, South Australia, Australia, 20 April 1908
Home Town:	North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman / Storeman & Assistant Auctioneer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 8 December 1942, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 5. Row E. Grave 25. Inscription: "TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS YOU HAVE LEFT BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

22 Mar 1941:	Involvement Private, SX11887, 27th Infantry Battalion
22 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
22 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11887, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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