Victor Loyal Hughes (SN 89) was born in Sebastopol but enlisted at Warracknabeal on April 28th 1915. At the time of his enlistment, he was 21, single and working as a railway shunter. He was posted to 24th Infantry Battalion with which he sailed from Melbourne the following month on board the Euripides, and served at Gallipoli from late August. He was transferred to France in March 1916 and promoted to Corporal but in August he was wounded in action and evacuated to England where he spent a year attached to the 5th Division Signals. In late 1917 he rejoined the 24th Battalion in France and was killed in action near Albert on April 20th 1918. He is buried buried at Warloy-Baillon Military Cemetery, France.

His younger brother Herbert was killed in action in France three weeks prior to Victor's death and is also honoured with a tree in the Avenue.