LENNE, Hubert Albert
| Service Number: | 375 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 February 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 24 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 9 July 1920 |
| Home Town: | Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 19 December 1940, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mackay Cemetery, Qld R.C. Plot Section 1 Line 1 Grave 3786A, Mackay Cemetery, Mackay, Queensland, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Echuca War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 375 | |
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| 5 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 24 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 5 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 375 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Charles Albert and Margaret Sullivan Lenne of Echuca, Victoria
Pilot Officer Hubert Albert Lenne 375 was severely injured in the loss of RAAF Wirraway aircraft A20-53 of 24SQN near St. Lawrence, QLD on 29 November 1940 but died in Mackay hospital on 19 December 1940
The Air Observer, Sergeant Geoffry Henry Ellis 205448, was injured in the crash and was then badly burned when he extracted the pilot from the burning wreck. He was awarded the George Medal in 1941 for his efforts in trying to save the pilot. He survived the war and was discharged on 14 December 1945 as a Flight Lieutenant.
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