Air Commodore Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards VC KCMG CB DSO OBE DFC (1 August 1914 – 5 August 1982) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force Governor of Western Australia and an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross the highest decoration for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces.
thumbnail
active years end date
1975-04-02
active years start date
1974-01-07
award
Order of the Bath, Mentioned in dispatches, Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom), Victoria Cross, Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Order of St Michael and St George, Venerable Order of Saint John
battle
Siege of Malta (World War II), Battle of the Atlantic, Suez Crisis, World War II, Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II, European theatre of World War II, South-East Asian theatre of World War II
birth date
1914-08-01
birth place
Western Australia, Fremantle
country
United Kingdom, Australia
death date
1982-08-05
death place
New South Wales, Sydney
military command
No. 105 Squadron, RAF Wattisham, RAF Binbrook, RAF Habbaniya, RAF Kuala Lumpur
This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Hughie Edwards"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
