Edward Morgan Hughes

Name    Edward Morgan Hughes

Number    Private 131

Battalion      8^th 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 8^th Battalion
• 2/10/16 He joined the 8^th 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 9^th 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