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HUGHES, Albert Thomas

Service Number:	5985
Enlisted:	24 August 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Strathfieldsaye, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailor
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5985, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5985, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5985, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
3 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5985, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Albert Thomas "Tommy" Hughes played 6 games (1911) for Carlton FC in the VFL prior to enlisting.