Eric John SUGG

SUGG, Eric John

    Service Number: 407141
    Enlisted: 22 June 1940
    Last Rank: Flying Officer
    Last Unit: No. 40 Squadron (RAF)
    Born: Wagin, Western Australia, Australia, 13 December 1910
    Home Town: Eudunda, Goyder, South Australia
    Schooling: Adelaide Technical High School, Adelaide, South Australia
    Occupation: School Teacher
    Died: Flying Battle, Belgium, 12 October 1941, aged 30 years
    Cemetery: Dinant Communal Cemetery
    Grave 9. Local Roll of Honour- Eudunda South Australia ,
    Memorials: Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eudunda War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Whyalla Kinnane-Sugg Memorial Library Plaque, Whyalla Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    22 Jun 1940: Involvement Flying Officer, 407141
    22 Jun 1940: Enlisted Adelaide
    22 Jun 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 407141
    12 Oct 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 407141, No. 40 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
    Date unknown: Involvement

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    Biography contributed by Graham Padget

    Flying Officer Eric John Sugg was the second son of Bentham and Sarah Ann Sugg of Blackwood South Australia. His wife was Lois Catherine Sugg of Eudunda.

    Eric John Sugg was a school teacher before enlistment and a member of the Spencer Gulf Aero Club.

    His younger brother was 416085 Flight Sergeant James Albert Sugg who was killed in 1943 during air ops in Papua New Guinea.

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