Sixteenth Generation

10102. Olive Amy Chatfield was born on 20 May 1880 in Wellington, New Zealand. She died on 10 July 1945 at the age of 65 in Otahuhu, Wellington, New Zealand. born 1890 according to Elma Jean C. (Incorrect according to obituary)
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Death announcement
Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 9, 11 July 1945, Page 1.
Died July 10 1945, at Wellington. aged 64 years. Private interment.
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A Miss O A Chatfield travelled from New Zealand to NSW, Australia on the 'Moana' in 1910.

Olive Amy Chatfield and Vyvyan Westbury Hughes were married on 3 April 1916 in Australia. The Mail (Adelaide, SA : Saturday 4 March 1916)
ENGAGEMENTS.
WESTBTURY - CHATFIELD. Olive A., third daughter of Mr. William Charles Chatfield, of Hurston, Wellington, New Zealand, and Vyvyan Westbury, second son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hughes, Beaufort, Victoria.
Vyvyan Westbury Hughes, son of Edward Walter Hughes and Jeanie Hawkins, was born in 1888 in Victoria, Australia. He died Fractured skull on 28 April 1916 at the age of 28 in WWI. He was buried in Colombo (Kanatte) General Cmtry., Sri Lanka. Vyvyan lived in "Kurston, " 11 Mercey St., Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. Regimental number 4658
Place of birth Victoria
Religion Church of England
Occupation Bank officer
Address Bank of Australiasia, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 27
Next of kin Wife, Mrs Olive Amy Charfield Hughes, May Club, Gresham Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Previous military service A/CPL
Enlistment date 26 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 21 January 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 27th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/44/3
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 27th Battalion
Fate Died of injuries 28 April 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) *Vivian spelt Vyvyan
Place of burial Kanatta Cemetery (Portion Church of England, Plot IX, Row I, Grave No. 8), Asia
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 110
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records Parents: Edward and Janie HUGHES; husband of Olive HUGHES, "Kurston", 11 Mercey Street, Irland Bay, Wellington, New Zealand

Unit: AIF, Australian Infantry, 27 Battalion

Conflict: WW1
Died on active service.
Cemetery Reference: Portion Church of England, Plot IX, Row I, Grave No. 8),
of "Kurston," 11, Mercey St., Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand
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Regimental number 4658
Place of birth Victoria
Religion Church of England
Occupation Bank officer
Address Bank of Australiasia, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 27
Next of kin Wife, Mrs Olive Amy Charfield Hughes, May Club, Gresham Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Previous military service A/CPL
Enlistment date 26 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 21 January 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 27th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/44/3
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 27th Battalion
Fate Died of injuries 28 April 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) *Vivian spelt Vyvyan
Place of burial Kanatta Cemetery (Portion Church of England, Plot IX, Row I, Grave No. 8), Asia
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 110
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: Edward and Janie HUGHES; husband of Olive HUGHES, "Kurston", 11 Mercey Street, Irland Bay, Wellington, New Zealand