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Name HUGHES
Initials WJ
First name WILLIAM JAMES
Place of birth Armidale
Country New South Wales, Australia
Family Brother, Joseph Hughes, Hillgrove, New South Wales, Australia

Military service

Place & date of enlistment Enlisted in Casula on 27 January 1916
Service number 4717
Rank Private
Regiment and unit 19th Bn. Australian Infantry
Division - Brigade 5th Brigade
Army - Corps - Division 2nd Australian Division
National force A.I.F.
Other data related to military career Embarkation in Sydney on 13 April 1916; to France on 9 August 1916

Death

Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds abdomen, arms and legs, in n°3 Can CCS
Date of death 30 September 1916
Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery X - B - 17

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