LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Hugh Murray SUTHERLAND
Service No: 401157
Born: Geelong VIC, 8 February 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 January 1941
Unit: No. 61 Air School (South African Air Force)
Died: Ground Accident (Drowned), South Africa, 22 November 1941, Aged 23 Years
Buried: George (York St) Presbyterian Cemetery
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Helen M Sutherland, of Melton South, Victoria, Australia. B.A. (Melbourne University)
Roll of Honour: Melton VIC
Remembered: Panel 134, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 22 November 1941, Pilot Officer Sutherland drowned while bathing at Herolds Bay, Western Cape Provence.
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 Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/57/135