Ernest Richard HUGHES

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Service Number:	1767
Enlisted:	29 September 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lefroy, Tasmania, Australia , date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Zeehan, West Coast, Tasmania
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 March 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

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29 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1767, 5th Infantry Battalion
14 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1767, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1767, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne

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