Edwin Hughes

Forenames

Edwin AWMM

Surname

Hughes AWMM

Service number

WWI 20752 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

15 Jan 1894 Public Source

Date of birth

15 Jan 1894

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Place of birth

Levuka, Fiji

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Birth notes

son of Peckham Hughes

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Address before enlistment

Hapai, Tonga

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Next of kin

• Peckham Hughes (father), Fiji, Pacific Islands AWMM
• Uncle: G W Hughes of Korovou Fiji
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Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• & NZ Rarotongan Company
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• 8th NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 20752 AWMM

Military service

1916-1919

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Medals and Awards

• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  London Gazette 28 January 1918, p1405, Rec No 1620 "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in St Julien Area on 18th and 19th October 1917. This N.C.O. had charge of a section constructing road between Spree Farm and Gravenstafel. Time and again his section were subject to very heavy shell fire and Hughes on two occasions was completely buried in mud but extricated himself and carried on. His control of the section was excellent and his example inspired confidence in the men." AWMM
• British War Medal
  Victory Medal
  (MM) MILITARY MEDAL Oct 1917 - awarded for acts of Gallantry in the Field
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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
• 21 June 1916 at Narrow Neck
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Age on enlistment

22yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 23 Sep 1916-19 Nov 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 65 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 8th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Last rank

• WW1 7 Mar 1919 AWMM
• Corporal
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Born in Fiji and enlisted from Tonga. Embarked at Wellington on SS Pakeha on 23 September 1916 to disembark at Devonport, United Kingdom 18 July 1916. Posted to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and posted to the Company 5 March 1918. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta and was discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18050641
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130940.html
  Further Reference
• Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
  https://www.cookislandsonlinecenotaph.com/
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• HMNZT 65 - Pakeha : the journal of the Seventeenth Reinforcements H.M.N.Z. Transport 65 (S.S."Pakeha"). Pilling, E.G. (Ewen George), editor. McGhie, J.G. (John Gordon), editor. Bell, R.B. (Robert Brown), editor. -- At sea : Officers and men, 17th Reinforcements : 1916.