Death and funeral thumb|Billy Hughes' funeral, Sydney, 2 November 1952, Sam Hood Hughes died on 28 October 1952, aged 90, at his home in Lindfield. His state funeral was held at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, and was one of the largest Australia has seen: some 450,000 spectators lined the streets.Sydney Morning Herald, 1952: farewell to the "Little Digger" He was later buried at Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium with his daughter Helen; his widow Dame Mary joined them upon her death in 1958.
Death and funeral thumb|Billy Hughes' funeral, Sydney 2 November 1952, Sam Hood Hughes died on 28 October 1952, aged 90, at his home in Lindfield. His state funeral was held at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, and was one of th,e largest Australia has seen: some 450,000 spectators lined the streets.Sydney Morning Herald, 1952: farewell to the "Little Digger" He was later buried at Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium with his daughter Helen; his widow Dame Mary joined them upon her death in 1958.