Edward Morgan Hughes
Name Edward Morgan Hughes
Number Private 131
Battalion 8th Battalion
Place of Birth Dumbalk
Next of Kin His father, Edward Morgan Hughes of Dumbalk
Date and place of enlistment Leongatha 7/2/1917
Physical details on enlistment Age 21 years 5 months. 5’5”, 9 stone 6 pounds, blue eyes and brown hair
Religion Church of England
Occupation Farmer
Date and place of death
He was killed in action on 9/10/1918
Location of grave or memorial
He was buried where he fell and his rifle placed over his grave for a cross. His remains were later transferred to Rosieres Communal Cemetery south east of Corbie
Relationship to Woorayl Shire
His family was from the Dumbalk area
Military History
- He is on the Meeniyan Honour Roll
- He is on Dumbalk East School Hon Roll
- 7/2/16 He enlisted in Leongatha
- 27/5/16 He embarked Melbourne on HMAT Ascanius
- 15/9/16 He transferred to the 8th Battalion
- 2/10/16 He joined the 8th Battalion in the field
- 14/4/17 he was wounded in action
- Edward was hospitalized a number of times for trench feet. He was killed in action on the 9th of August 1918,
- Sergeant Taylor (6353) of Wannon, farmer of Coleraine stated that a shell burst nearby and shrapnel killed him instantly. He was buried where he fell and his rifle placed over his grave for a cross.
- Letters to his family after the end of the war state that Edward’s body was exhumed and reinterred in Rosieres Communal Cemetery S.E. of Corbie
- He left his estate to his sister Violet Hughes of Dumbalk
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