Charles Andrew HUGHES

HUGHES, Charles Andrew

Service Number: 2157
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 Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Anglican Section 16B, Grave 645
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World War 1 Service

27 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2157, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW
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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Biography 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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