HUGHES  H.

Given Names:  Harry

           

Service Number:  34252

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, March 1917 reinforcements                                                   

Rank:  Driver   

Paybook Number:  275834

 

Age:  19 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  Engineer                                                                                                     

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  10 In                    

Weight:  124 Lbs

Chest:  30-35 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  10/2/1917

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Thomas Brereton Hughes

Sterling Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  10/5/1917

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  HMAT Ascanius A11

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Prinz Hubertus                                 

Embarked:  3/7/1919                                 

Disembarked:  24/8/1919

Unit:  7th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                      

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:  23/9/1919                        

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  66998

Victory Medal:  64373

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:    3/6/1898

Place:  Kew, Victoria                                

Father:  Thomas Brereton HUGHES          

Mother:  Matilda HAGLAND

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1924     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Beryl Carnick ZWAR

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 24/4/1961                          

Place: Preston, Victoria                            

Burial:  Fawkner Memorial Park, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School                 

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:   V92037                                                  

Date Enlisted:  25/3/1941

Date Discharged:  11/2/1946

 

COMMENTS

Kew Rotary