AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Hughes, Esmond Michael (Des)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hughes ​

• FORENAME

Esmond Michael (Des) ​

• UNIT

2/3 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

VX59767 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

25th August 1943 ​

• AGE

20 ​

• GRAVESITE

Lae War Cemetery,Papua New Guinea P.D.16 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born Carlton,Victoria​

son of Michael and Gertrude Ellen Hughes,Prahran,Victoria​

engineer in civilian life​

enlisted 18.7.1941 Royal Park,Victoria​

DOW Salamaua area,New Guinea ​