HUGHES, George Martin
| Service Number: | 803 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, September 1888 |
| Home Town: | Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coal trimmer |
| Died: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, 4 October 1938, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-08. 48. |
| Memorials: | Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates, Carrington Football Club HR |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 803, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 803, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 803, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 803, 35th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW left thigh and foot | |
| 4 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 803, 35th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW left arm | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 803, 35th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, Abrasion to chest | |
| 14 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 803, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.
83 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 6th October 1938, Private George Martin Hughes, also known as Bluey, 35th Battalion (Reg No-803), coal trimmer from Hargrave Street, Carrington, New South Wales and 37 Bourke Street, Carrington, N.S.W., father of four, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 50. METHODIST 4-08. 48.
Born at Carrington, New South Wales on the 25th September 1888 to William and Mary Jane Hughes; husband of Ethel Hughes nee Robinson (married 27.7.1918 at the Register Office, Chester-le-Street, United Kingdom, died 1956), Bluey enlisted December 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 7.6.1917 (SW left thigh, left knee, fracture of right foot, Battle of Messines), 4.4.1918 (GSW left arm, The 1st Battle of Villers-Bretonneux), 22.8.1918 (chest wound, Bray-sur-Somme). Admitted to hospital 7.8.1918 (enteritis).
Bluey returned home September 1919 with wife Ethel and child, being discharged on the 14th November 1919.
Mr. Hughes’s name has been inscribed on the Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates, Carrington Football Club Roll of Honor), Carrington Municipal District Roll of Honor (photo, unveiled date unknown, proudly displayed at the Fort Scratchley Museum, Newcastle, N.S.W.) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Bluey’s headstone inscription proudly tells us of his service with the 1st A.I.F., which has recently been beautifully refurbished, probably by Grandson Ron Hughes (pictured at gravesite, photo 5) and family, and I have placed poppies in remembrance of Mr. Hughes’s sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Lest We Forget.
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