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Alfred William Charles Hughes enlisted with the 5th Reinforcements, 34th Battalion AIF on the 21st of August 1916
and left Sydney on board SS "Napier" on the 17th November 1916 and returned to Australia on the 9th of December 1918.
Informant; Pte: 2584 A HUGHES. 34 BN AIF. Sergeant: 165 William James
RICHMOND was a Sergeant in A Company 34th Bn. His brother Private: 2643 Joseph RICHMOND
was in D Company, came over with me. His brothers name was Joseph. They both came from Gunnedah, N.S.W. but were born in England.
Sergeant: 60 William Melville DWYER of No:II, A Company, told me that the sergeant walked out of a
dugout without a helmet and a piece of shrapnel hit him on the head and killed him on the spot. this was last January. I was
talking to his brother about it a little time ago. we were at PONTENIPE at the time.
No: 26 General Hospital, ESTAPLES. 13/06/1917.
Alfred was a single 18 year old Shop Boy from King Street, East Maitland, N.S.W upon enlistment. Alfred served with the 14th
Infantry Battalion, Senior Cadets.
(Australian National Archives)
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