P09324.001 Accession Number: P09324.001

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Studio portrait of 1487 Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Richard Samuel Hughes, 35th Battalion, of Merewether, NSW. A shop timekeeper prior to enlisting in January 1916, Hughes embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Benalla (A24) on 1 May 1916. He was killed in action at Passchendaele, Belgium, on 1 October 1917, aged 27. His brother 7000 Private Francis James Hughes served with the 4th Battalion and returned to Australia in March 1919.

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Accession Number
P09324.001
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Colour - Toned black & white print
Date Made
c 1916
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor M Hughes
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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