Hughie Edwards
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Air Commodore Sir Hughie Idwal Edwards, 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 gallan
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Edwards with his wife, left, and mother-in-law, right, leaving Buckingham Palace after attending an investiture ceremony.
Edwards' medal group at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Statue of Edwards in Fremantle, Western Australia.
RAF Habbaniya
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Royal Air Force Habbaniya, more commonly known as RAF Habbaniya was a Royal Air Force station at Habbaniyah, about 55 miles west of Baghdad in modern-day Iraq, on the banks of the Euphrates near Lake
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…appointed station commander at Wattisham, Suffolk. He was promoted to group captain on 1 January 1954. Edwards was the Station Commander of the RAF base RAF Habbaniya in Iraq during the Suez Crisis of 1956, and also the critical time of the Iraqi Revolution of 14 July 1958. He returned to Britain on 21 October 1958…
Habbaniya airfield, circa 1941
Station badge (Infestos ferimus Latin: We strike the troublesome)
May 2007 view of the then derelict Habbaniyah Olympic pool
British media and service members make a brief visit to the cemetery for Remembrance Day ceremonies, 2007