Country: New Zealand
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 01/09/1902
Number issued: 1
Gold medal, to:
9th New Zealand Mounted Rifles –
7644 Trooper William James Graham HUGHES
Presentation made at a welcome-home social.
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Canterbury Press, 3rd September 1902
Trooper William HUGHES, who went to South Africa with the Ninth Contingent, and was before that a member of the Cheviot Mounted Rifles, was welcomed home at a social held in Port Robinson on Monday evening. There was a good attendance, and a very pleasant evening wad spent. Trooper HUGHES has been presented by the residents of Port Robinson with a gold medal.
EMBARKATION DATABASE
Surname: HUGHES
Reg No: 7644
Given Names: William James Graham
Contingent: Ninth
Rank: Private
Unit: South Island Regiment - "C" Squadron
Joined from: Cheviot Mounted Rifles
County/City: Cheviot
Age: 22 years, 10 months
Occupation: Shepherd
Ship: “Kent”, 12 March 1902
Address: Cheviot, Canterbury
Next of Kin: Hughes, Mr Frederick William
Next of Kin Address: Port Robinson, Cheviot
Relationship to Soldier: Father
