Edgar Clifford HUGHES [28]

  General Notes:

1895 566/17 HUGHES Edgar Clifford, Robert George HUGHES Florence Elizabeth FOLLAND, Adelaide

First World War Embarkation Rolls:
Edgar Clifford Hughes
Service Number: 2657
Rank: Private
Roll title: 51 Infantry Battalion - 2 to 11 Reinforcements (April 1916 - October 1917)
Conflict / Operation: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of embarkation: 10 October 1916
Place of embarkation: Fremantle
Ship embarked on: HMAT Suffolk A23

Karrakatta Cemetery Record
First Name Edgar Clifford
Last Name Hughes
Application Number KC00056817
Aged (Years) 83
Date of Death 25/02/1978
Suburb Shenton Park
Ashes Request Memorialised at Karrakatta Cemetery
Completed Yes
Memorial Type Garden of Remembrance
Memorial Location Karrakatta Cemetery EC Section 17 0045 Yes

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Australian World War 1 medals awarded to Edgar Clifford HUGHES Service Number 2657, Private; 32/Battalion and Australian Flying Corps Enlisted: 05 June 1916 Embarkation: 10 October 1916. Place of embarkation: Fremantle Ship embarked on: HMAT Suffolk A23. R.T.A: 16 August 1919 Discharged: 1 October 1919 Service in France. This medal set was offered for sale on the open market but failed to sell. If these medals are still for sale, could the current owner please contact the Medals Gone Missing Administrator via this website.

  Other Records

• WW1: medals, 1919, Australia. In 2017 Ted's medal were located by "Medals Gone Missing" and returned to the family.

• Australian Electoral Roll 1903-1980: L. & S.M, 1943, 15 Coventry st., Greenough, Western Australia.

• Residing, 1953, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. at the time of his Mother's death

Ted married Eileen Florence ANGLAND [2898] [MRIN: 967] in 1924 in Perth, Western Australia. The marriage ended in divorce in 1953. (Eileen Florence ANGLAND [2898] was born in 1900 in Ireland and died circa 1981.)

  Marriage Notes:

1924 WA Marriage Hughes Edgar C Male, Angland Eileen Female Perth 1011