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John Gethin Hughes, 1914

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John Gethin Hughes, 1914

A veteran of the South African War, John Gethin Hughes went on to command the Canterbury Battalion of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade under adverse conditions at Gallipoli in 1915.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, S. P. Andrew Collection (PAColl-3739)

Reference: 1/1-014120; G

Photograph by Stanley P. Andrew

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

J. A. B. Crawford. 'Hughes, John Gethin', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/476/john-gethin-hughes-1914 (accessed 4 June 2026).