HUGHES  N.

Given Names:  Norman

           

Service Number:  2717

Unit:  21st Battalion, 6th reinforcements                                                                            

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  22 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  Fishmonger                                                                                                 

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  5½ In                   

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  32-35 In

Hair:  Red

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  20/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  John Hughes

241 High Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  5/10/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                        

Ship:  RMS Moldavia

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Morvada

Embarked:  4/1/1919                                 

Disembarked:  30/2/1919

Unit:  Australian Army Veterinary Hospital                                                                                       

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  27/4/1919                        

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  19050

British War Medal:  21696

Victory Medal:  21564

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:    1898

Place:  Victoria Park, Western Australia     

Father:  John HUGHES                            

Mother:  Sophia COBURN

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

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Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered trench feet; Nov 1916

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary