John Childe HUGHES

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Service Number:	433107
Enlisted:	25 February 1943
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 74 Base (RAAF)
Born:	Glebe Point, New South Wales, Australia , 12 January 1925
Home Town:	Five Dock, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	De La Salle Brother's School, Haberfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Accidental, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, 5 April 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Panel 284, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 433107
25 Feb 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 433107
5 Apr 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 433107, No. 74 Base (RAAF), All crew members died when Halifax III NA193 of 1652 Conversion Unit crashed in the Moray Firth.

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