Captain Edward John Hughes

Taken on strength Canadian Active Service Force as a Gunner 1 Sep 1939, trained at Fort Macauley, posted to 31st Heavy Battery 15th (Vancouver) Coast Brigade RCA 6 Dec 1939, transferred to Canadian Historical Division as a war artist 1940, married Fern Rosabell Irvine 10 Feb 1940, Sergeant in 1941, commissioned Second Lieutenant Feb 1942, Captain in 1943, Kiska 1943, discharged 1946, elected to Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 1968, awarded Honorary Doctorate from University of Victoria 1994, awarded Honorary Doctorate from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design 1997, received Order of Canada 2001, awarded the Order of British Columbia 2005, deceased 5 Jan 2007, buried Shawnigan Community Cemetery.

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