HUGALL, Robert Leslie
| Service Number: | 406318 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 50 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Pingelly, Western Australia, 25 February 1914 |
| Home Town: | Margaret River, Augusta-Margaret River Shire, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Bremen, Germany, 26 June 1942, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany Collective Grave 26. H. 7A-10A, Becklingen War Cemetery, Luneburg, Germany |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Margaret River War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 406318 | |
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| 11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
| 11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 406318, No. 50 Squadron (RAF) | |
| 26 Jun 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 406318, No. 50 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
Robert Leslie Hugall
Robert was born on 25 Feb 1914 to parents Leslie Forrest and Wilhelmina Ashley Hugall in Pingelly WA.
He married Freda Linda.
Robert enlisted in the RAAF on 11 Nov 1940 in Perth. But he had been living and working in Pingelly WA.
Robert held the rank of Sergeant in 50 Squadron and was killed in a flying battle over Germany.
He is remembered at the Becklingen War Cemetery Luneburg Germany. Grave ref Coll. grave 26 H 7A-10A
Submitted 1 April 2016 by Pauline Graves
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Manchester IL7299 of 50SQN RAF crashed near the mission target of Bremen in Germany with all on board killed:
HUGALL, Robert Leslie (Sergeant) 406318 RAAF
PETERS, Jasper Stormond (Sergeant) 12419 RAAF
THOMPSON, Lawrence Chase (Sergeant) 402622 RAAF
JOHNSON, Edgar Griffiths (Sergeant) 403813 RAAF
HARDY, Niel Malcolm (Sergeant) 404903 RAAF
LINDSAY, James William (Sergeant) 403194 RAAF
ROY, John Charles (Sergeant) 41361 RNZAF