| Service number | 4/7001, 47001 |
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| Ranks Held | Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel, Major |
| Birth Date | 18/08/1929 |
| Birth Place | Australia: South Australia, Adelaide |
| Death Date | 12/08/2016 |
| Final Rank | Major General |
| Service | Australian Army |
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| Event | Maryang-San |
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Major General James Curnow "Jim" Hughes
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
- Conflict
- Vietnam War, 1962-1975
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment
- Conflict
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Rank
- Lieutenant
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Korean War, 1950-1953
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Korean War, 1950-1953
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Indonesian Confrontation Rolls and Awards Registers:
- Conflict
- Indonesian Confrontation, 1962-1966
- Rank
- Major
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Malayan Emergency Rolls and Awards Registers:
- Unit
- 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
- Conflict
- Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
- Rank
- Captain
Timeline
| Date of birth | 18/08/1929 | |
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| Date of departure | 13/09/1957 | |
| Date of return | 20/10/1959 | |
| Date of arrival | 14/01/1966 | |
| Date of departure | 30/07/1966 | |
| Date of death | 12/08/2016 |
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- Senior personnel from the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) were photographed ...
- Nui Dat evacuated DPR/TV/1459
- Last major combat unit leaves Vietnam DPR/TV/1474
- Stephens, Christopher Effey (Lieutenant, b. 1945)
- Lieutenant Colonel James Curnow Hughes MC as the lieutenant colonel Commanding Officer 4th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment/New Zealand (ANZAC), South Vietnam 1971, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Robin Morison
- Major General James Curnow Hughes AO DSO MC (Rtd) as the major, Officer Commanding 2nd Special Air Service Squadron (2 SAS Sqn), Borneo 1965-1966, interviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Gary McKay MC (Rtd))
- Major General James Curnow Hughes AO DSO MC (Ret'd) as the major Officer Commanding 2nd Special Air Service Squadron, Borneo 1966, interviewed by Brad Manera