Luke Hughes
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Revision as of 06:58, 17 July 2015
HUGHES, Luke
Service no: 3339 [1]
Place of birth: Orange
Address: Penrith
Occupation: Labourer
Next of kin: Luke Hughes (father), Hilltop, York Estate, Penrith
Date of enlistment: 21 July 1915
Place of enlistment: Liverpool
Age at enlistment: 21
Fate: Embarked HMAT Port Lincoln A17 Sydney 13 October 1915. Transferred to 45th Battalion, Zeitoun 6 March 1916. Left Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force in Marseille 2 June 1916. Appointed Lance Corporal 30 July 1916. Hospitalised 5 October 1916. Promoted to Temporary Corporal 31 December 1916. Promoted to Corporal 5 March 1917. Killed in action, Battle of Messines, Belgium.
Date of death: 7 June 1917
Buried: No known grave