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'''HUGHES, Luke'''
'''HUGHES, Luke'''

Revision as of 06:58, 17 July 2015

Luke Hughes. Image courtesy Maria Griffiths.



HUGHES, Luke

Service no: 3339 [1]

Place of birth: Orange

Address: Penrith

Occupation: Labourer

Next of kin: Luke Hughes (father), Hilltop, York Estate, Penrith

Date of enlistment: 21 July 1915

Place of enlistment: Liverpool

Age at enlistment: 21

Fate: Embarked HMAT Port Lincoln A17 Sydney 13 October 1915. Transferred to 45th Battalion, Zeitoun 6 March 1916. Left Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force in Marseille 2 June 1916. Appointed Lance Corporal 30 July 1916. Hospitalised 5 October 1916. Promoted to Temporary Corporal 31 December 1916. Promoted to Corporal 5 March 1917. Killed in action, Battle of Messines, Belgium.

Date of death: 7 June 1917

Buried: No known grave

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