HUGHES, Robert
| Service Number: | 5553 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Tunnelling Companies |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 28 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton St. Peter's Anglican Church Honor Roll, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5553, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5553, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 28 May 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 5553, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5553 awm_unit: 1st Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-05-28 |
Sapper Robert Hughes
From Gary Mitchell: Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
102 years ago today, on the 28th May 1917, Sapper Robert Hughes, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, a bread carter from Great Northern Bakery, (Hamilton, N.S.W.), of 154 Lindsay Street, Hamilton, New South Wales, father of one, died of wounds received at Hill 60 in France, age 23.
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1630739/
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138748470
Born at Merewether, New South Wales on the 11th September 1893 to Joseph (died 1951) and Mary (died 1925) Hughes of William Street, Hamilton, N.S.W.; husband of Rachel Hughes nee Thompson (married 1914, died?) of 40 Railway Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W., Bob enlisted April 1916 at Hamilton, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 27.5.1917, GSW both thighs, severe, Mr Hughes succumbed to his wounds at 4.45 P.M. the following day.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134862591
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122211980
Mr Hughes is now resting at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot XII Row B Grave 31A.
His name has been inscribed on the Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor, Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 20th May 1922), St. Peter's Church Memorial Trees, Merewether Oddfellows' (Star of the Glebe Lodge) Roll of Honour, Book of Gold and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138740788
Robert has been memorialised at his Grandparents gravesite at Sandgate Cemetery. BAPTIST G SW. 31.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/…/war-…/index.php…
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140973681
Older brother Joseph Edward (Reg No-2319, born 1890, died 1917) awaiting memorialised at his parents gravesite at the cemetery.
Photos of the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial taken by Ken Shilling, available from “Remembrance” CD, at the Newcastle Family History Society.
Lest We Forget.
Submitted 28 May 2019 by Evan Evans
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