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"Air Commodore
Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards
VC, KCMG, CB ,DSO, OBE, DFC, KstJ
August 1 1914-August 5 1982
An Australian Hero
Born in White Gum Valley and educated at
Fremantle Boys School, Hughie Edwards
trained as a pilot in the R.A.A.F, and
transferred to the R.A.F. in 1935
In July 1941, he won the Distinguished Flying
Cross for a low-level attack on
shipping. In the same month, he earned the
Victoria Cross for the 'highest possible
standard of gallantry and determination'
in leading a low-level daylight raid on
Bremen Germany. In 1942, he won the
Distinguished Service Order for leading an
attack by 92 aircraft on an industrial
target in Holland. During 1943/1944 he was
based at Binbrook Lincolnshire and carried
out Operational Flying with 460 R.A.A.F
Lancaster Squadron.
Appointed Governor of Western Australia in
1974, Sir Hughie Edwards retired in 1975
because of ill health.
'Per Ardua ad Astra'

Sir Hughie Edwards ashes are buried in Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth and his Victoria Cross and other medals are displayed at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
He served in the European Theatre of Operations, the Battle of the Atlantic, the Mediterranean Theatre including the Siege of Malta and South East Asian Theatre. At the end of WW2 he served briefly with Netherlands East Indies Forces and during the Suez Crisis, 1956, and Iraqi Revolution in 1958 he was commanding RAF Habbaniya in Iraq.