Nigel Russel PUGH

PUGH, Nigel Russel

Service Number: 410281
Enlisted: 5 December 1941
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: No. 83 Squadron (RAF) (Pathfinder Force)
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 12 April 1921
Home Town: Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling: Geelong Grammar School, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: University Student
Died: Flying Battle, Gove, Northern Territory, Australia, 29 May 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Northern Territory Memorial Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia. Panel 6.
Memorials: Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 410281
5 Dec 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 83 Squadron (RAF) (Pathfinder Force)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Lieutenant Nigel Russell Pugh 410281 of 83 Squadron was killed in the loss of RAAF Boomerang aircraft A46-159 in the Gove Area, NT

Son of Richard Russell Pugh and Dorothy Pugh of Toorak, Victoria