John "Jack" Owen Hughes
Private John Owen Hughes known as Jack
Service Number: 417924
Born: September 10th, 1895, Neston, Cheshire England Father: Harry Hughes
Field Road, Upper Brighton England
Mother: Catherine Hughes
31 Field Road, New Brighton, Wallasley, England
Sister: Jane Hughes
31 Field Road, New Brighton, Wallasley, England Attestation Date: August 21, 1915 age 19
Attestation Place: Bury, Quebec
Occupation: Labourer
Unit: 41st Battalion
Military Will: named Jane Hughes his beneficiary Buried: Nine Elms Military Cemetery, Thelus France.
From August 21, 1915 to September 24, 1915 with the 41st Battalion
October 28, 1915; arrived in England aboard the SS Saxonia
April 26, 1916; Taken on strength with the 23rd Canadian Battalion
May 25, 1916; Transferred to the 3rd Battalion
May 26, 1916; arrived in France
June 14, 1916; Taken on strength with the 10th Battalion
August 11, 1916; admitted to No. 12 Casualty Clearing Station with a gunshot wound to the left shoulder August 18, 1916; returned to duty
December 27th, 1916 to Jan 6th, 1917; sent to school of instruction
April 9, 1917; Killed in action in the field
Other Details:
• February, 1917; Sherbrooke Daily Record; listed on the Honour Roll of the Gibbs' Home as O.J. Hughes
• May 3, 1917; Sherbrooke Daily Record; Word was received that Jack had fallen in action in the great and glorious attack which the Canadian Troops made when they captured Vimy Ridge. o Pte. Hughes came out from England several years ago
• He worked on farms in different parts of the Townships o He worked for Mr. Stimson of Melbourne o He was in the employment of Cecil Lefebvre of Canterbury when enlisted.
• He was the first to enlist amongst the 9 men of Canterbury who did
• May 14, 1917: Sherbrooke Daily Record; "Gibbs' Home Boys and Vimy Ridge". List Jack as killed in action. o Arrived in Canada with Pte Joseph Sharpe and farmed in the ET for 3 years.