Colonel Wilfrid Selwyn Kent-Hughes

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Photograph B01041
Service number 60, VX26600
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant, Major, Sergeant, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Colonel
Birth Date 1895-06-12
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Death Date 1970-07-31
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Kew
Final Rank Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • Headquarters Australian Imperial Force
  • Staff
  • 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade
  • 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • Australian Army Medical Corps
  • 8 Australian Division
  • 8 Australian Division Administrative Headquarters AIF Malaya
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1947-03-06
Published in London Gazette in 1946-08-01
Published in London Gazette in 1916-07-13
Published in London Gazette in 1919-01-22
Published in London Gazette in 1916-12-01
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-04
Published in London Gazette in 1917-07-06
Published in London Gazette in 1947-03-06
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-11-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-11
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1946-09-12
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-04-19
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

Collection items

    Media


    Studio portrait of Major Wilfred Selwyn Kent Hughes MC, Australian Light Horse from Toorak, ...

    Document


    Wallet 1 of 6 - Administrative papers relating to appointments and promotions of AIF while prisoners of the Japanese, 1942-1946

    Wallet 2 of 6 - Administrative papers relating to appointments and promotions of AIF while prisoners of the Japanese, 1945-1946

    Wallet 3 of 6 - Administrative papers relating to appointments and promotions of AIF while prisoners of the Japanese, 1945-1946

    Wallet 4 of 6 - Administrative papers relating to appointments and promotions of AIF while prisoners of the Japanese, 1942-1946

    Wallet 5 of 6 - Administrative papers relating to appointments and promotions of AIF while prisoners of the Japanese, 1942-1946

    Wallet 6 of 6 - Administrative papers relating to appointments and promotions of AIF while prisoners of the Japanese, 1942-1946

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Date of birth 1895-06-12
Date of enlistment 17 August 1914
Date of embarkation 19 October 1914
Date of enlistment 01 May 1915
Date of embarkation 17 May 1915
Date of embarkation 18 May 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 1915-12
Date of recommendation honour or award 1916
Date returned to Australia 11 March 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 29 April 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 19 June 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 06 September 1918
Date of fate 30 January 1920
Date of death 31 July 1970
date of death 31 July 1970

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