PERSONAL DETAILS
Name/Alias	John HUGHES (all personal details tentative).
Birth date and place	c. 1828 Mold, Flintshire, Wales (tentative).
Baptism date and place
Civil Census Residences	Royal Sappers & Miners Barracks, Mill Dam, Portsea, Portsea Island, Hampshire, England (1851 tentative).
Trade	Mason.
Physical Description
Marriage date and place	1861 Perth, Western Australia (tentative).
Spouse	Mary Ann NUGENT (tentative).
Children	Ellen b. 1862, Perth, Western Australia (tentative).
Death date and place
Burial date and place
Will and Probate
Death Notices
ARMY SERVICE DETAILS
Corps and Company	Royal Engineers 20th Company (formerly Royal Sappers & Miners).
Service No. and Rank	#2251 Sapper.
Attestation date and place
Service/Campaigns	Western Australia  4 years.
Musters	WO11-158 (1858) to WO11-203 (1862) Western Australia.
Promotions
Medals, Clasps and Badges
Casualty/Medical
Courts Martial	10 Jun 1858: Suspended Good Conduct Pay per Commanding Officer.
Discharge date and place	7 Jan 1862 Perth, Western Australia [WO11-203].
Length of Service
Chelsea Pension Reference	No Chelsea Pension WO97 records extant.
Post Discharge Residence	Perth, Western Australia.
Pension District
Pension
ARRIVAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Ship	Nile.
Departure and Arrival dates	Dep. Plymouth 23 Sep 1857. Arr. Fremantle 1 Jan 1858.
Occupations post-arrival in WA	Instructing Warder.
Subscriptions to Funds	None.
Land Acquisition	Eligible for £10 remission on 20 acres of land [CSR499-15].
Ship ex-WA	Not applicable.
Departure date and destination	Not applicable.