HUGHES, Arthur Austin
| Service Number: | 20775 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Service Flying Training School |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 4 May 1911 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Werribee, Victoria, Australia, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 10 August 1943, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria Plot D. Row A. Grave 5, Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Geelong East, Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 20775 | |
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| 16 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Service Flying Training School | |
| 16 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 20775 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Thomas Roy and Mary Ann Hughes of Richmond, Victoria
Husband of Claire Ruby Hughes of Geelong, Victoria
Mid-air collision between Oxford training aircraft AS7139 and R6194 of Number 1 Service Flying Training School over Werribee aerodrome in Victoria causing the death of 4 airmen and severe injuries to a 5th:
Flying Officer Alfred Jack Allen 408615 (cremated - Springvale)
Leading Aircraftman Arthur Austin Hughes 20775 (buried at Geelong Eastern Cemetery)
Leading Aircraftman Dallas William Lynch 432063 (Springvale War Cemetery)
Flight Lieutenant George Hector Howard 271512 (Springvale War Cemetery)
Leading Aircraftman John Glen Legoe 432525 was discharged from the RAAF in January 1945 while still on the posted strength of Number 3 RAAF Hospital