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Robert Hughes

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Postcard from Private Robert Hughes to his sister Sarah Hughes (Later Mrs Angus Bell), from Jack Hill Isolation Camp dated September 17, 1918. Postcard kindly provided by the Knight estate. (March 2019). From the Bell/Knight family memorabila collection. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Postcard from Private Robert Hughes to his sister Sarah Hughes (Later Mrs Angus Bell), from Jack Hil …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Hughes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 76333 AWMM
    • WWII 47866 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 February 1893 AWMM Timaru, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 39 Young Street, New Plymouth AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Mrs S. Hughes (mother), Kapuni Street, Manaia, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs Dora Hughes (wife), 39 Young Street , New Plymouth AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Medical, WWI AWMM
    Influenza 1918, developed Broncho- Pnuemonia AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    17 July 1951 AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Plot 84, Service Area Block C, Te Henui, New Plymouth. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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