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Son of John A. Hughes, of Watsonville, California, U.S.A., and the late Mary Alice Blair Hughes.
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Private Edward Blair Hughes
Memorial cross in the cemetery where 2015426 Pvt. Edward Blair Hughes who served with the 1st Depot Battn. of BC C.E.F. was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Private Edward Blair Hughes
Cemetery view of the section where 2015426 Pvt. Edward Blair Hughes who served with the 1st Depot Battn. of BC C.E.F. was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Private Edward Blair Hughes
Grave of 2015426 Pvt. Edward Blair Hughes who served with the 1st Depot Battn. of BC C.E.F.
He was born in Truro Nova Scotia on May 19th 1896. He enlisted into the C.E.F. at Vancouver BC on Sept. 28th 1918 listing his occupation as a "Farmer" in Santa Maria CA. U.S.A.
Edward died during the Spanish flu panademic of 1918-19 on Oct. 23rd 1918 at the age of 24. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Memorial cross in the cemetery where 2015426 Pvt. Edward Blair Hughes who served with the 1st Depot Battn. of BC C.E.F. was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Cemetery view of the section where 2015426 Pvt. Edward Blair Hughes who served with the 1st Depot Battn. of BC C.E.F. was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Grave of 2015426 Pvt. Edward Blair Hughes who served with the 1st Depot Battn. of BC C.E.F. He was born in Truro Nova Scotia on May 19th 1896. He enlisted into the C.E.F. at Vancouver BC on Sept. 28th 1918 listing his occupation as a "Farmer" in Santa Maria CA. U.S.A. Edward died during the Spanish flu panademic of 1918-19 on Oct. 23rd 1918 at the age of 24. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Page 433 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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