Family memorial to Lance Corporal James Douglas HUGHES 12/3363 Killed in Action, France
Family memorial
In loving memory of James D HUGHES
Killed in action in France
15th September 1916
Aged 22
“His Duty nobly done”
Born 10 January 1893
Died Somme, France
Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 239, 6 October 1916, Page 6
LANCE-CORPORAL J. D. HUGHES.
Temporary Lance-Corporal. James Douglas Hughes, 2nd Auckland Infantry Battalion (Haurakis), wounded in France, was born in Auckland, and 22 years of age. He learnt his trade- in Wellington as a brass moulder. He took a keen interest in football, and belonged to the Wellington Y.M.CA. Football Club. Afterwards returned to Auckland and was employed in the Newmarket Railway Workshops, when he enlisted. His great grandfather fought in the first Maori War (Heke's) In the Bay of Islands. His next of kin is his sister, who resides at New Lynn.[1]
Evidence of 12/3242 Pte E J AUDAIN
On Sept 15th 1916 I was next to Pte Hughes during the advance. A few yards before we got to Switch[?] Trench. Pte Hughes was t, I think by a bullet. He fell on his face with is arms extended and from the way he fell I feel sure he was dead.”[Online Military records]
His Cenotaph database record:
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/7300.detail?Or...
His Commonwealth War Graves Commission record NB: gives age as 23:
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1463373/HUGHES,%20JAM...
Military Service number 12/3363
His military records are available to read online:
www.archway.archives.govt.nz/StreamgateProxy/fileStream?i...
Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 138, 8 December 1916, Page 4
Previously reported wounded, now reasonably supposed Killed in Action:
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
REFERENCES:
[1]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
Family memorial to Lance Corporal James Douglas HUGHES 12/3363 Killed in Action, France
Family memorial
In loving memory of James D HUGHES
Killed in action in France
15th September 1916
Aged 22
“His Duty nobly done”
Born 10 January 1893
Died Somme, France
Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 239, 6 October 1916, Page 6
LANCE-CORPORAL J. D. HUGHES.
Temporary Lance-Corporal. James Douglas Hughes, 2nd Auckland Infantry Battalion (Haurakis), wounded in France, was born in Auckland, and 22 years of age. He learnt his trade- in Wellington as a brass moulder. He took a keen interest in football, and belonged to the Wellington Y.M.CA. Football Club. Afterwards returned to Auckland and was employed in the Newmarket Railway Workshops, when he enlisted. His great grandfather fought in the first Maori War (Heke's) In the Bay of Islands. His next of kin is his sister, who resides at New Lynn.[1]
Evidence of 12/3242 Pte E J AUDAIN
On Sept 15th 1916 I was next to Pte Hughes during the advance. A few yards before we got to Switch[?] Trench. Pte Hughes was t, I think by a bullet. He fell on his face with is arms extended and from the way he fell I feel sure he was dead.”[Online Military records]
His Cenotaph database record:
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/7300.detail?Or...
His Commonwealth War Graves Commission record NB: gives age as 23:
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1463373/HUGHES,%20JAM...
Military Service number 12/3363
His military records are available to read online:
www.archway.archives.govt.nz/StreamgateProxy/fileStream?i...
Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 138, 8 December 1916, Page 4
Previously reported wounded, now reasonably supposed Killed in Action:
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
REFERENCES:
[1]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...