HUGHES, Arthur
| Service Number: | 6846 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1872 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pyaemia & Septic Pneumonia following wounds, Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, England , 30 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Norwich Cemetery, Norfolk, England Norwich Cemetery, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Borre British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6846, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 6846, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 6846, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 19 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6846, 22nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 30th June…… Arthur Hughes (Lawson) was born in 1872 in Melbourne, Victoria. He married Eliza Maud Dick in 1916.
Arthur Hughes enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 2nd March, 1917 in Melbourne, Victoria under the name of Arthur “Lawson” He stated he was a 40 year old, single, Labourer, of no fixed address. His next of kin was listed as his friend – Patrick Costello, 47 Hawke Street, West Melbourne, Victoria.
Private Arthur “Lawson”, Service number 6846, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Ascanius (A11) on 11th May, 1917 with the 22nd Infantry Battalion, 19th Reinforcements. He was admitted to Ship’s Hospital between 6th & 10th June, 1917 with Influenza. Private "Lawson" disembarked at Devonport, England on 20th July, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 20th July, 1917 Private “Lawson” was marched in to 6th Training Battalion at Rollestone, Wiltshire from Australia.
He was written up for a Crime while at Rollestone, Wiltshire – Absent without leave from midnight on 24th September, 1917 to 10 pm on 25th September, 1917. He was awarded 14 days confined to camp with a total forfeiture of 8 days’ pay.
Private “Lawson” was transferred to Machine Gun Corp Details at Grantham on 31st October, 1917 from Fovant, Wiltshire. He was taken on strength of Machine Gun Details at Grantham on 2nd November, 1917.
On 16th November, 1917 Private “Lawson” was marched in to 6th Training Battalion at Fovant, Wiltshire from Machine Gun Depot at Grantham.
Private “Lawson” proceeded overseas to France via Southampton on 27th December, 1917 to reinforce 22nd Battalion. He was marched in to 2nd A.I.B.D. (Australian Infantry Base Depot) at Havre, France on 28th December, 1917. Private “Lawson” was marched out to his Unit from 2nd A.I.B.D. on 30th December, 1917 & was taken on strength of 22nd Battalion in the field on 1st January, 1918 from 19th Reinforcements.
Private Arthur “Lawson” was wounded in action in France on 19th May, 1918. He was admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance on 19th May, 1918 with gunshot wounds to thigh then transferred to 61st Casualty Clearing Station on the same day. Private “Lawson” was transferred to Ambulance Train on 20th May, 1918 then transferred & admitted to 26th General Hospital at Etaples. France on 20th May, 1918. He was invalided to England on Hospital Ship Stad Antwerpen on 23rd May, 1918.
On 23rd May Private “Lawson” was admitted to Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, England with gunshot wounds to left thigh & left foot.
Private Arthur “Lawson” died at 9.50 pm on 30th June, 1918 at Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, England from Pyaemia & Septic Pneumonia following wounds.
He was buried in Earlham Road Cemetery, Norwich, Norfolk, England where 23 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
A Statutory Declaration was received by Base Records in August, 1918 from Mrs Eliza Maud Hughes, of 249 Johnston Street, Fitzroy stating that she was the widow of the late Arthur Hughes who enlisted under the name Private Arthur “Lawson”. She stated she “had not been divorced or legally separated from the soldier & that no previous marriage rendered the union invalid.”
His CWGC Headstone still has the name “Lawson”.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/norwich---norfolk.html
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