William Charles HUGHES

Regimental number10/443
Date of birth11 July 1884
Place of birthCaversham, Dunedin
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationEngine driver
AddressTaumarunui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 10"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Hughes, 118 Upper Walker Street, Dunedin
Previous military serviceDunedin High School Cadets (left school)
Enlistment date18 September 1914
Place of enlistmentAwapuni
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Regimental number from Nominal Roll10/405
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 5 May 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Gascon', Dardanelles, 31 May 1915 (appendicitis); transferred to Egyptian Army Hospital, Cairo, 7 June 1915; to Australia and New Zealand Convalescent Depot, Helouan, 1 July 1915; discharged to duty, 8 July 1915.

Admitted to No.1 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 15 July 1915 (synovitis of the knee); discharged to duty, Zeitoun, 21 July 1915.

Rejoined unit, Anzac, 26 August 1915.

Admitted to No.1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 2 September 1915 (scarlet fever); transferred to No.24 Casualty Clearing Hospital, 12 October 1915; proceeded to England, 3 November 1915; to War Hospital, Southampton, 11 November 1915; to Walton on Thames Hospital, 4 December 1915.

Embarked on board HS 'Dover Castle', Southampton, 8 April 1916; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 18 April 1916; admitted to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 19 April 1916 (abdominal adhesions following appendectomy).

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HS 'Tahiti', 5 May 1916; disembarked New Zealand, 6 June 1916; discharged (no longer physically fit for war service on account of sickness), 8 August 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 326 days (of which 1 year 258 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death12 July 1961 , Kingseat
Age at death77
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 18050763