Honours
In the New Year's Honours of 1941, Hughes was named a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH), in recognition of his service as Prime Minister 1915-23.
The electoral division of Hughes and the Canberra suburb of Hughes are named after him.
In 1972, he was honoured on a postage stamp bearing his portrait issued by Australia Post.
After marrying his second wife Mary in 1911, the couple went on a long drive, because he did not have time for a honeymoon. Their car crashed where the Sydney–Melbourne road crosses the Sydney–Melbourne railway north of Albury, New South Wales, leading to the level crossing there being named after him; it was later replaced by the Billy Hughes Bridge.
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