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No children
Birth Registration No. 34831/1891
There was a William Henry Childe Hughes who graduated from Sydney University in 1940 MB BS. His 1962 address is given as 17 Bolton St Newcastle ?the same person? He had attended Fort St School and had interests in photography, tennis and golf.

Military service: Enlisted on23 May 1917 at the East Sydney Recruiting Depot, Darlinghurst. Service ended on 31 Dec 1919,
Served as a Private, number 15270, Postal Corps, 1st AIF
Service number 15270. NAA: B2455
Enlisted at Sydney, occupation civil servant.
Age 26 years and 2 months
Height 5' 10" 151 pounds, dark hair, blue eyes, chest 36"
distinguishing features: moles right groin and on back
Had varicose veins right leg
Religion C of E
In the Army Service Corps
Shipped to England. At Tidworth
Promoted to corporal on 22/2/1918, back to private on 16/6/1918
Shipped to France 24/6/1918
London 14/12/1918
Served in the AA Postal Corps
Returned to Australia on the Beralla 8th October19. Disembarked 29th November 1919

He wrote a series of letters to his family. The letters form a diary of his service overseas: 130 pages. They are located at the NSW State Library. Currently not known why they are copyrighted by a different Hughes family.

A William Henry Childe Hughes was appointed as a telegraph messenger in 1905 as per the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 8th July 1905 p572

A William Henry Childe Hughes Esq. of Brisibane was appointed as Superintendant of Stores and Transport for the PMG as notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 13th April 1938 p1289

Reference in Australian Government Gazette to WHCH being Lieutenant (provisionally) and captain (temporarily).

Address from address book: 8 -11 Stuart St, Manly

Lived in Melbourne, Brisbane and Manly (7 Stuart St)

William married Elizabeth Mary Field (Frauenfelder) 18 Jan 1923, Marrickville District, Sydney, NSW. Elizabeth was born 29 Jun 1899, Wodonga, Victoria; died 20 May 1992. [Group Sheet]