HUGHES, Leonard Mann
| Service Number: | 3403 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brighton, South Australia, November 1898 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | St Peter's college |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Shooting Accident , Mingary, South Australia, Australia, 1961 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3403, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
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| Date unknown: | Wounded 3403, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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Leonard Mann Hughes was born November 1898. Before enlisting Leonard was a station hand. Leonard Mann Hughes's father is John Bristow Hughes, and his mother is Edith Mary Hughes. Leonard was the brother of 3 siblings, Wilfred John Mann Hughes, Marjorie Mann Hughes, and Percival Mann Hughes. He attended St Peter's College and did 2 years in Senior Cadets for the military.
Leonard Mann Hughes was part of the 9th/48th infantry Battalion and enlisted on the 21 of November in 1916. When enlisting he was 18 years old and 6 and a 1/4 inches tall. He was on the 2nd Deport of the 48th battalion A.I.F and embarked on 10/2/17 on the boat Seang Bee to Plymouth Dock or modern-day Devonport in the country Devon.
On the 5/4/1918 he was considered a prisoner of war.
After the war he returned home back to Australia and live on until 1961. After the war Leonard Mann Hughes got married twice. His first wife was Hilda Jean Hughes, and his second was Isla Edna Hughes. He was the father of 5 children, After the war he worked on a farm as an animal grazier. He died from a shooting accident and was buried at Broken Hill Cemetery in NSW.
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