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Private RICHARD WILLIAM HUGHES

Service Number: 1477
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery

12th

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

III. M. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Blanche Elizabeth Hughes, of 10, Henrietta St., Glenferrie, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW OUR LOVED ONE SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

RIDGE WOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 621
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