Just to verify that rolnora has the right Violet HUGHES, here is the birth of child Edgar.
Sue
So I could be wrong with that record. I did think it odd that they travelled from Liverpool when according to the 1911 census they lived in Greenwich.
Just noting that Edgar would be very young to travel,however, he did live and die in QLD
1972 C6099 Edgar Hughes
Parents John Herbert Wheley HUGHES and Violet SHARPE.
I wonder whether, as a seaman, John Herbert made his way as sailor and joined his wife in Australia.
Another child was born in Qld.
1912 B30025 Mary Ellen HUGHES
Parents John Herbert and Violet SHARP
This was an October birth.
And they were registered to vote by 1917. He was still a seaman.
The son John Herbert enlisted for WW2 and his record is digitised. He was a Prisoner of War.
www.naa.gov.au/Here is the death of the husband of Violet.
1926 B50620 John Herbert HUGHES
John Herbert Whatley Hughes
Mother not listed.
Here is the death of the son John who travelled with his mother to Australia.
1961 B45995 John Herbert Watley HUGHES
Parents John Herbert and Violet SHARP
There were other children to the couple.
Sue