Alfred Stanley HUGHES

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HUGHES, Alfred Stanley

Service Number:	A22625
Enlisted:	3 September 1943
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	RAAF Station Darwin
Born:	Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 29 July 1917
Home Town:	Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Airman - RAAF
Died:	Vehicle accident, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, 25 April 1951, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
3 Sep 1943:	Enlisted A22625
Date unknown:	Involvement Leading Aircraftman, A22625, RAAF Station Darwin

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Four RAAF airmen attended ANZAC day commemorations at Adelaide River in the Northern Territory on the 25th of April 1951 but on their return journey to Darwin their car and a truck collided on the highway with two airmen killed and the other two seriously injured:

FAWNS, Kenneth James (Leading Aircraftman) A2822 - killed outright

HUGHES, Alfred Stanley (Leading Aircraftman) A22625 - died in Darwin hospital

PITHERS, Kenneth Raymond (Leading Aircraftman) A22484 - injured

ROBERTSON, Charles Nicholas (Corporal) A112 - injured

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