Douglas William HURST

HURST, Douglas William

Service Number: 140445
Enlisted: 25 May 1943, Adelaide
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Kensington, South Australia, 27 October 1924
Home Town: Crystal Brook, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Blacksmith
Died: Cancer, Adelaide, South Australia, 3 June 1999, aged 74 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

25 May 1943: Involvement 140445
25 May 1943: Enlisted Adelaide
25 May 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 140445
8 Apr 1946: Discharged

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Biography

In 1945 we moved to Crystal Brook with his faether, John Henry Hurst (Jack).

Jack started his own company J H Hurst and Sons- an agricultural Engineering business- where Doug and his brothers worked.

On 6th August 1949 he married Jean Doreen Murdock. They had 3 children: Barbara, Brian and Diane.