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 Hugo Throssell Armstrong   Dudley Tabor Everett              Albert Frank Shapcott  (1925)

 (1929-32)  (1924-29)                                         Frank lived in Crawley. His father was a prominent civil

                                                              servant (Head of State Gardens Board) and was directly
 Hugo was named after his uncle, Hugo Throssell, a Victoria   At Hale, Dudley was in both the 1st XI and 1st XVIII. After   responsible for Royal Fresh Water Bay Yacht Club
 Cross winner on Gallipoli during the WWI. "Hoogie" lived   school he qualified as an accountant and represented the   acquiring the Keane Point site on which their premises
 in Cottesloe and attended Hale School from 1929 to 1932.   state as a cricketer. Before the war he was also a prominent   now stand.
 member of the Aero Club and upon the outbreak of war
 He left school to work in the family motor vehicle business   was mobilised as a flying instructor. Eventually he was   He was a member of the Commonwealth Air Force prior to
 and gained a reputation as a fanatical racing driver. It was a   posted to the Central Flying School in England but while   the war and upon the outbreak was posted to New Guinea
 family joke that he put petrol on his cereal for breakfast. His  en-route he test flew several aircraft in Canada and it was   as a Squadron Leader on administration duties.
 father disapproved so Hoogie merely changed his name   while on one of these flights he crashed and was killed on
 and went on racing.   the 3rd May 1943. He was 31 years of age.   Early in 1941 he resigned his commission and re-mustered
                                                              the following day to train as a pilot at Cunderdin and
 Hugo was to be one of the first to join the RAAF after   Placed by his nephew, Mr Godfrey Everett.   Geraldton. He was then posted to Ireland for final training
 the outbreak of war and after training on Tiger Moths        on Wellington torpedo bombers. Upon graduation he was
 at Cunderdin he sailed for England and joined No 452   PLAQUE NO 51:   transferred to operations in Scotland but was accidentally
 Squadron as a Spitfire pilot. Eventually he was promoted     killed during a familiarisation flight on the 8th August
 to command an English squadron, No 611 and was               1943. He was 29 years of age.
 awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses after scoring 12   Edmund Francis (Ned) Kirwan
 confirmed 'kills' and a string of probables.                 Placed by his sister, Mrs Elaine Connell of Geraldton,
 (1922)                                                       assisted by Mr Anthony Horn.
 On his 150th operation over enemy territory on the 5th
 February 1943 he was forced to bale out of his aircraft. It is
 thought probable that he hit the tailplane and was fatally   Ned was the son of the President of the Legislative Council
 injured. He was 25 years of age.   of Western Australia, Sir John Kirwan. He attended Hale
 School as a boarder from Kalgoorlie from 1922 onward.
 Placed by a good friend at school, and also in No.1
 Empire Air Training Scheme course in 1940, Mr Selwyn   Later, he and his brother John transferred from Hale
 Clark (1929-34), himself a fighter pilot and also a worthy   School to Downside School in Somerset, England and
 recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross in World War II  both boys joined the Royal Air Force after the outbreak
 of the war. Ned served with number 540 Squadron Photo
 Reconnaissance Squadron and flew in Mosquito aircraft on
 more than 50 operations over enemy territory. He was killed
 on 11th July 1943 when his aircraft was badly damaged
 and he was forced to crash land after making it back to his
 Scottish base. He was aged 28 years.

 Placed by his cousin, Dr Michael Quinlan.
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