LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Hugh John Munro CAMPBELL MID
Service No: 401101
Born: Portland VIC, 6 November 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 January 1941
Unit: No. 31 Squadron (RAF), Palam, India
Awarded the Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 31 Squadron Dakota aircraft MA929), Myanmar, 31 January 1943, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Hugh Munro Campbell and Wilhelmina Esther Campbell, of Tongala, Victoria, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Column 429, Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Remembered: Panel 120, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Dakota MA929 of No. 31 Squadron took off from Dinjun en route to Fort Hertz, Burma, at 1330 hours on 31 January 1943. The aircraft failed to arrive at its destination, and has not been located. It was last seen by a Hudson pilot at 1400 hours, flying at 7000 feet near Kamku and heading for Fort Hertz.
On board MA929 were:
Flight Lieutenant Normal Lee Baugh (43524) (RAF) (Passenger)
Flying Officer Hugh John Munro Campbell MID (401101) (Pilot)
Warrant Officer II Joseph Jacques Jean Ferdinand Casaubon (R/74121) (RCAF) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Sergeant John Orson Nicholls (1377419) (RAFVR) (Second Pilot)
Warrant Officer Kenneth Ross Phelps (407107) (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Aircraftman Class I Thomas Gladstone Williamson (1082946) (RAFVR) (Fitter 11E)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705,166/7/22