Hughes, James Robert (Jas) Sgt K72715 No. 18 Company - driver

Transferred to OCTU Hughes, James Robert (Jas) Lt 2742

Transferred to No. 21 Company Transferred to No. 20 Company – transport officer

Canadian Forestry Corps

Cpl James Robert Hughes

1st

row 28th

from left, No. 20 Coy CFC Aug 1941 photo District 5, Camp 10, Lovat No. 1 (Teanacoil), Kiltarity National Defense Directorate of History and Heritage

& for further reference Library And Archives Canada Military Heritage Courtesy of Jean-Francois Chicoine

Lt James Robert Hughes

1st

row 19th

from left, No. 21 Coy CFC Aug 1943 photo District 5, Camp 9, Orrin Bridge, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire

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Courtesy of Jean-Francois Chicoine

CFC Officers 10 Sept 1943 Date of rank & birth date

Personal info Address at enlistment – 3131 Carbonate St., Nelson, BC DOB – 15 Jan 1916 – place of birth Burmis, Alberta Occupation – truck driver, tractor operator Single 1937 – 1938 - 111 Battery Royal Canadian Artillery – NP Height 5ft 10in – weight 150lbs – hazel eyes – dark brown hair 6 Nov 1942 – to be Lt. Father – James Henry Hughes – farmer, Mother – Faith Margaret Hughes Sister – Janet Mary Bell Hughes

No. 18 Company, Canadian Forestry Corps War Diaries Library And Archives Canada Military Heritage

1 Nov 1940 – trades man qualification driver – Class 111

16 Nov 1940 – No. 18 Coy CFC Nominal Roll

HQ Canadian Forestry Corps War Diaries - Library And Archives Canada Military Heritage

4 Dec 1944 – court of inquiry in to his death and car accident

Death Certificate – courtesy of Sandra Shanks Lieutenant James Robert Hughes was married to Annie MacLennan Wilson. He was 28 years old. He died 3 December 1944 about 5 a.m. in a ravine at Stochd, Carrbridge, Inverness, and opposite No. 115 telegraph pole. Injuries sustained while driving an army motor vehicle which left the road and fell down the bank of the ravine. His father James Henry Hughes was a rancher. His mother was Faith Margaret Hughes, nee Harrison. The informant was Lt. A.R., Laing Adj No. 20 Company, Canadian Forestry Corps, Nethy Bridge. His usual address was No. 315 Cedar Street, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

Lt. J.R. Hughes dies Overseas Lieut. James Robert Hughes of Queen’s Bay and Boswell has died as a result of injuries received in an accident overseas, his family in the District have learn. Lt. Hughes, 26, was employed in Nelson, before he went East and later enlisted in the Canadian Army. He had been overseas about four years. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Annie Wilson of Kelvin House, Beauly, Scotland; his mother Mrs. Faith Hughes, a teacher at Blueberry Creek; and two sisters, Miss Janet Hughes at Trail, and Mrs. Norval German, nee Kathleen Hughes now residing at Vancouver

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Library and Archives Canada - Service Files of the Second World War - War Dead, 1939-1947 Commonwealth War Graves Commission

LIEUTENANT J.R. HUGHES

CANADIAN FORESTRY CORPS 3

RD DECEMBER 1944

Photos courtesy of Sylvia Crooks