Basil Brooke Childe Hughes
1896 - 1969 (72 years)-
Name Basil Brooke Childe Hughes Born 9 Jul 1896 Humula (near Wagga Wagga), NSW 
Gender Male Died 27 Jun 1969 late of Campsie, NSW Buried 1 Jul 1969 Rookwood Catholic Cemetery. Lawn 3, plot 340 Person ID I254 The Goswell Family Tree Last Modified 28 Sep 2017
Father Basil Brooke Childe Hughes, b. 5 Oct 1867, Kilmore, Victoria , d. 8 Jan 1947, Madelay, Cheltenham, Sydney, Australia (Age 79 years) Relationship natural Mother Annie Norman, b. 19 Sep 1870, Linden, Quat Quatta, Australia or Carlisle Plains Wahgunyah , d. 5 Aug 1957, Sydney, NSW (Age 86 years) Relationship natural Married 19 Sep 1889 Linden, Quat Quatta, Corowa, New South Wales Family ID F111 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Marianne Edith Bellyse, b. 28 Mar 1896, d. 19 Feb 1973 (Age 76 years) Married Sep 1921 Glebe, NSW Children 1. Noeline Mary Childe Hughes [natural] 2. John Childe Hughes [natural] 3. Basil Bellyse Childe Hughes [natural] 4. Francis Childe Hughes [natural] 5. Kenneth Childe Hughes [natural] 6. Marianne Therese Hughes [natural] Last Modified 28 Sep 2017 Family ID F117 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Basil BC Hughes and Marianne gravestone at Rookwood BBCH confirmation 1913
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Notes - Enlisted in the war
Service number 88769
Occupation: clerk
Had been a cadet surveyor for 15 months before joining
Says place of birth Humula (south east of Wagga Wagga
Father BBC Hughes of Canley Vale Public School
had been in the Militia University Scouts
Height 5' 7"
Weight 148lbs
Chest measurement 33 - 37 inches
Dark complexion, hazel eyes, black hair
VA 6/6 6/6
Religion C of E
No distinctive marks
Enlisted 7th May 1918
Started as a private in the C Company Recruits
Served in h Company University Company
Became sergeant
Admitted to Liverpool Hospital 12th November 1918
Letter to AIF re discharge certificate written on Forestry Commission letterhead. Given address 25 O'Connell St, Sydney 14 March 1919
Headmaster in the Wodonga/Corowa area
Later lived in Wahroonga on or near Bobbin Head Rd
Aristocracy connections
6 foot tall, heavily built
Wore a white porcelain rose on his watch chain.
WDGoswell stayed with him for a time.
Birth Registration No.. 26335/1896
At the time of his death he was living at 59 Vicliffe Ave, Campsie also in 1967
The funeral requiem mass was held at St Bernadette's (Catholic) Church at Clemton Park
Buried in Rookwood Cemetery
A Basil and Edie in address book at Lot 83 Peak St, Killarney Heights
- Enlisted in the war