Frank Kingsley HUGHES

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Service Number:	411144
Enlisted:	26 April 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 6 Operational Training Unit Nowra
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 12 September 1914
Home Town:	Haberfield, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Accidental, Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Jervis Bay, Australia, 11 January 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at Sea, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood

26 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 411144, Sydney, New South Wales
26 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 411144
27 Apr 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 411144
11 Jan 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 411144, No. 6 Operational Training Unit Nowra

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Frank Kingsley HUGHES was born on 12th September, 1914 in Sydney

His parents were Frank Wilson HUGHES & Agnes BROWN

Frank married Thelma Kathleen CHURCH in 1941 in Sydney

He died on 11th January, 1944 when his Beaufort aircraft (A9 -96) accidentally hit the water during a training exercise