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Patrick Hughes

Name on Board PJ Hughes
Name on Service
Records
Patrick  Hughes
Enlistment Age 18
Occupation Seaman
Place of Birth Manchester, England
Next of Kin Jane Ireland
Address 49 Junction St, Ancoats, Manchester, England
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 16/07/1915
Service No. 3091
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Adelaide, SA
Embarkation Date 29/09/1915
Embarkation Ship RMS Osterley
Unit on Embarkation 8th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 15/10/1917
Unit on Death 58th Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Private
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
Ypres, Belgium
Cemetery or Memorial Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Additional Information At the time of enlistment Patrick Hughes was boarding with the Barrow Family in Newcastle St, Newport.   Patrick named Mr J Barrow as a beneficiary in his will.   Patrick and William James Barrow (3003) enlisted at the same time and travelled together on the RMS Osterley.  William Barrow returned to Australia in April 1919.
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