HUGHES, Sydney Reginald

Service Number –   2926.

Rank –   Private.

Unit / Division –   51st  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   7  August  1916.

Address on Enlistment –   536  Fitzgerald  Street,  North  Perth,  W. A.

Occupation on Enlistment –   Mercery  Assistant.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Father-  James  Hughes,  Mother-  Martha  Amelia  Hughes,  both  of  White  Road,  Bunbury,  W. A.

 

Religion –   Congregational.

Embarkation Details –   From  Fremantle  on  9  November  1916  on  HMAT  A8  “ Argyllshire  “.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   9  October  1918.

Place –   Rouen,  France.

Age at Death –   20.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   St.  Sever  Cemetery  Extension,  Rouen,  Seine – Maritime,  France  (  Block  R,  Plot  IV,  Row  B,  Grave  No. 3 ).

Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) –   153.