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HUGHES, David Keith
Personal Details
Service Number: | 144737 |
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Enlisted: | 22 September 1943 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | RAAF Ground Training Schools |
Born: | Geelong, Victoria, 22 September 1925 |
Home Town: | Geelong West, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Gove, Northern Territory, Gove, Northern Territory, Australia, 22 March 1945, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT C.B.6., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nhulunbuy Wall of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 2 Service
22 Sep 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 144737, RAAF Ground Training Schools | |
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22 Sep 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 144737 | |
22 Mar 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 144737, Air War SW Pacific 1941-45, 56 Operational Base Unit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of David and Ada Hughes of Geelong, Victoria
Leading Aircraftman David Keith Hughes 144737 of Number 56 Operational Base Unit died from an accidental Thompson SMG gunshot wound while on duty at the HF/DF station at Gove, NT