HUGHES, Charles Andrew
| Service Number: | 2157 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 June 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Uralla, NSW, 11 March 1881 |
| Home Town: | Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Bathurst and Newcastle |
| Occupation: | Barman / Steward |
| Died: | Military Hospital, Turramurra, NSW, 25 June 1953, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Anglican Section 16B, Grave 645 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2157, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2157, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2157, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mary and Charles H HUGHES, 17 Henry Street, Leichhardt, NSW
Husband of Mrs. M.M. HUGHES, Sydney Street, Muswellbrook NSW
Served in Egypt and France.
Kincumber
Resident
Dies At 72
Mr Charles Andrew Hughes, a well-known resident of Kincumber South, died in the Military Hospital, Turramurra, on Friday. He was 72. He had been in hospital for 18 months. Mr Hughes, who served with the 18th Battalion, 1st AIF, had lived at Kincumber South for 17 years. In 1898, when Mr Hughes was only 16 he planned to sail in the ill-fated Maitland. At the last moment, his father refused to sign the papers, and the ship sailed without him. Within a few days, the ship was totally wrecked off the coast near New Grounds. A bachelor, Mr Hughes leaves one brother, Anthony, of Five Dock.
The funeral left on Monday for Rookwood Cemetery.
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