HUGHES, Peter Roger Forrest
| Service Number: | 412145 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 12 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia , 4 February 1917 |
| Home Town: | Bowral, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Mount Litchfield Station, Northern Territory, Australia , 3 October 1942, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT R.B.5., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 412145 | |
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| 22 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), Aircrew Training Units | |
| 22 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 412145, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 3 Oct 1942: | Involvement Flying Officer, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes was the son of Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916 and Eileen Iira Sara Hughes of Bowral, NSW
His grandfather was the Honourable Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales
Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes 412145 and Sergeant Stanislaus Vincent Corcoran 35123 were the crew of Wirraway A20-503 of Number 12 Squadron RAAF
The aircraft left Batchelor Strip at 1050hrs on an anti-submarine sortie between Darwin and Cape Forde but didn’t return. Following a 24 hour search, wreckage was sighted crashed near Mount Litchfield Station in the Northern Territory.
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