HUGHES, Edward Beverley
| Service Number: | 462 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 December 1876 |
| Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4 December 1970, aged 93 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 12, Section 3 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 462, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 462, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Edward Beverley Hughes enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. C. Hughes, off Boggo Rd, South Brisbane. In the Boer War Service Paybooks of the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 127, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. C. Hughes, Neilsen St off Boggo Rd, South Brisbane.
Edward Beverley (Befley on BDM Qld) Hughes was born on 21 Dec 1876 at Brisbane, a son to William Hughes and Caroline Hughes (nee Short). He married Mathilde Bertha Steinmann on 20 Mar 1907 in Queensland and they had 5 children.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 127).
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