MOORE, Hugh Francis
| Service Numbers: | 400930, O33083 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Group Captain |
| Last Unit: | No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Armadale, Victoria, Australia, 20 August 1916 |
| Home Town: | Yarram, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Natural causes, Canberra, Australian Capital, Territory, Australia, 27 August 2000, aged 84 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woden (Canberra) Public Cemetery, ACT |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 400930 | |
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| 11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Group Captain, O33083 | |
| 8 Aug 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 400930, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45 | |
| 8 Dec 1967: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Group Captain, O33083 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, O33083 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Hugh Francis Moore formerly of 'Tooloonook' in Yarram, Victoria passed away at the National Capital Private Hospital in Canberra on the 27th of August 2000 - the death notice was placed in the Canberra Times and The Age (Melbourne) - an obituary was published in the Canberra Times 22 September 2000
He served in the RAAF from November 1940 until retiring with the rank of Group Captain in December 1967 - he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in 1956 for service in Malaya (post WW2 service number O33083)
Then Flight Lieutenant Moore (WW2 service number 400930) was injured when Mosquito aircraft A52-135 crashed at Western Junction in Tasmania on the 3rd of March 1947