Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Hughes, George Thomas Service Number 862

Killed in Action 7th-14th August 1915 Gallipoli

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NAME HUGHES- George Thomas

SERVICE NO 862

UNIT 2nd

Battalion, H Coy

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 27 yrs

PLACE OF BIRTH Woy Woy, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Railway Porter

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 26 Aug 1914

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Randwick, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Widowed Mother;- Elizabeth Hughes, Railway St., Corrimal, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height;-5’6”. Weight;-146 lbs. Chest;-36-39 . Complexion;-Fair. Hair;-Auburn . Eyes;-Blue .

RELIGION Methodist

EMBARKED 18 Oct 1914- Sydney per A23 Suffolk

DISEMBARKED

NOTES Lone Pine Memorial

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

DIED 7-14 Aug 1915-KIA Gallipoli

BURIED

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-10973, British War Medal-2320, Victory Medal-2321. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-300950.

DEPENDANTS Mother;- Mrs Elizabeth Hughes

PERSONAL EFFECTS Postcards/

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE 14 Feb 1916- Sidney Hughes, Railway St Corrimal.

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