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Howard Hughes

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Howard AWMM
  • Surname
    Hughes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 25/1051 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    16 April 1895 Public - Allan - Researcher - 23 August 2023 - Archives NZ WW 1 Army
    Records 25/1051
  • Place of birth
    Onehunga Public - Allan - Researcher - 9 October 2022 - Archives NZ, WW 1 Army records 25/1051
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss. J. Hughes (sister), Colyton, Feilding, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 25/1051 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Thomas and Amy Hughes, of Colyton, Feilding AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 19 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM C. 32. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Memorial noted on teh tomb stone of Inez Hughes in the Feilding Cemetery Public - Allan - Researcher - 16 March 2019 - Manawatu District Council Cemetery Records
  • Memorial reference
    Block 2 Row 83 Plot 686 Public - Allan - Researcher - 16 March 2019 - Manawatu District Council Cemetery Records

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
23 August 2023AllanFeildingResearcher

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