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HUGHES, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX42240 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pensby, Scotland , 30 April 1908 |
| Died: | Illness, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 15 March 1942, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea Panel 23 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial |
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World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX42240 | |
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| 28 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX42240, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
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