Biographical Data
Hughes, Hubert Galbraith Photo Credit: Tom Brooks

 

Title	Able-Seaman (RNCVR)
Official Number	VR-3175

 

Birth	15/02/1891	Death	26/09/1937
Place	Dresden (Kent County)	Place	St. Catharines
Area	ON	Area	ON
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

 

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Biography
He was the son of William and Mary Hughes.He was a carpenter at the time of his recruitment into the navy.

 

Military Service
He enlisted as an Ordinary Seaman in the RNCVR December 1916 at Hamilton ON. In 1917 he served in HMCS Niobe for Training. He served in HMS Vivid (Devonport) for Training. He was appointed as an Able-Seaman RNCVR. (He was demobilized 09/02/1919).

 

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Anecdotes
He was interred in Veterans Section of Victoria Lawn Cemetery, St Catharines ON.

 

References
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=13246&; Enmail (T. Brook - Nauticapedia 28/11/2016);
Last update
2016-11-30 00:00:00

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