HUGHAN, Gordon
(Service number 34683)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 21 August 1864 | Place of Birth | Taieri Beach, near Dunedin |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | P. O. Cave | ||
| Occupation | Blacksmith | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs G. HUGHAN (wife), Taieri Beach, Otago; later No. 16 Butler, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 20th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 7 December 1916 | ||
| Transport | Port Lyttelton | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 16 May 1941 | Age | 76 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | Cave War Memorial - Those who offered their lives by serving overseas | ||
Biographical Notes
Gordon Hughan was the eldest son of Thomas and Betsy (née Macintosh) Hughan. He married Helena Maud Carrington in 1888 at Waihola, Otago. His son born of this marriage was Thomas Lawrence Hughan, who was killed in action in France in 1918 and is remembered on the Cave War Memorial. Helena died in 1896 and Gordon married secondly Catherina Marguereta Joseph in 1897 at Waihola. Gordon was 52 years old when he embarked with the troops, although he had put his age down on enlisting. By that time he had eight children, many of them adults. Gordon and Catherine spent a few years in Australia in the early 1900s. From there they settled at Cave. Frederick Hanry Hughan, a son of the second marriage, was called up for World War I service. Some of their sons were drawn in ballots for World War II.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [23 April 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [23 April 2019]; Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, headstone transcription [23 April 2019]
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