William HUGHES

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Service Number:	VX11438
Enlisted:	17 April 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 18 April 1911
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 25 November 1943, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot BB. Row A. Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX11438
17 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX11438, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion

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