HUGHES, Thomas
(Service number 78569)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Trooper |
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Birth
| Date | 20 May 1897 | Place of Birth | Napier |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 10 September 1917 | Age | 20 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | Kingsdown | ||
| Occupation | Dairy farmer | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs Polly HUGHES (mother), Kingsdown, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Death
| Date | 18 August 1940 | Age | 43 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Thomas Hughes was the son of Shepherd and Mary (Polly, née Taylor) Hughes. He was educated at Timaru South and Kingsdown schools. Trooper T. Hughes returned to New Zealand from Egypt per the troopship “Ellenga”, embarking at Suez on 23 July 1919 and arriving in late August.His name at death was Thomas Shepperd Hughes.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 April 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [April 2020]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [07 April 2020]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [07 April 2020]; Sun, 16 August 1919 (Papers Past) [04 April 2020]
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