HUGHES, Roger Forrest
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 6 May 1896 |
| Home Town: | Double Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St Ignatius College - Riverview, NSW |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Flers, France, 11 December 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heilly Station Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Double Bay War Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Medical Officers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, Medical Officers, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 11 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Field Ambulance, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1916-12-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, 1st Field Ambulance Australian Army Medical Corps, of Double Bay, NSW. Capt Hughes graduated BA MB ChM from the University of Sydney and worked as a medical practitioner at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital for a few months before enlisting in March 1916. He embarked from Brisbane on board HMAT Seang Choon (A49) on 19 September 1916. Capt Hughes arrived in France on 4 December 1916 and was wounded in action by shell fire in Bull Trench near Guedecourt, Somme on the morning of 11 December 1916. His brother Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Forrest Hughes No. 10 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, was with him when he died later that day. He was 26 years of age. Captain Hughes was the son of The Hon Sir Thomas Hughes MLC and Lady Hughes." - Source - AWM image P08188.001
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