Hugh Eric ROBERTS

ROBERTS, Hugh Eric

Service Number: 78603
Enlisted: 16 September 1942
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: Mobile Works Squadrons
Born: Peachester, Queensland, Australia, 10 March 1924
Home Town: Woodford, Moreton Bay, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Ground Accident), New Guinea, 11 April 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Woodford Honour Roll, Woodford Methodist Circuit Memorial Lamp Shades
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 78603
16 Sep 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 78603, Mobile Works Squadrons
16 Sep 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 78603, No. 7 Airfield Construction Squadron

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Three members of Number 7 Mobile Works Squadron were killed on board LST 122 (Landing Ship, Tank) during a landing practice. An elevator used to lift light vehicles to the upper deck from the well deck malfunctioned near Cape Cretin, Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea

Details on this incident was obtained from the book “Always First - RAAF Airfield Construction Squadrons 1942 - 1974”

Those killed were: LAC James Armstrong 58696 / LAC Allen John Dumschat 77635 / LAC Hugh Eric Roberts 78603

Three other members survived with varying injuries: LAC Norman James Aubrey Hackett 72675 / LAC Leo Anthony Gleeson 118608 / LAC Edwin Charles Akers 127295

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