Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Air Force
- Conflict
- Korea (1950-1953)
- Date of Enlistment
- 31/01/1942
- Date of Discharge
- 13/02/1979
- Place of Enlistment
- Perth, Western Australia
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 20/11/1923
- Place of Birth
- Mount Lawley, Western Australia
- Address (at enlistment)
- RAAF Base Canberra (Fairbairn), ACT
- School(s) Attended
- Guildford Grammar School (Perth)
- Occupation
- Pilot
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- O5833
- Final Rank
- Wing Commander
- Final Unit
- 77 Squadron
Notes
Hubble commanded No.3 Squadron at RAAF Base Canberra from 1949 until 1952. He served in Korea from 28 November 1952 to 16 June 1953 and was commanding officer of 77 Squadron.
Gay Bury recalled arriving in Korea in April 1953 where she "re-met Wing Commander John Hubble (who had been at Fairbairn RAAF Station in Canberra while I was there for a short time). I blinked for a moment, after introduction, for he had grown a moustache to oust all moustaches and with his 6 feet 2 inches (188 centimetres) height and twinkling grey eyes, he was indeed a dashing specimen of Australian manhood."
After he returned from his tour of duty, Hubble married Toni Fitzpatrick in Perth in June 1953 before taking over the command of No.25 (City of Perth) Squadron at RAAF Base Pearce.
Sources
Nominal Roll of Australian Veterans of the Korean War http://www.koreanroll.gov.au/
'Across the Parallel - the Australian 77th Squadron with the United States Air Force in the Korean War', by George Odgers, 1953
David Wilson, 'Lion over Korea: 77 Fighter Squadron RAAF 1950-53', 1994
Stand-to: Journal of the Australian Capital Territory Branch, RSSAILA, Mar. 1952 (p.32)
The West Australian - 22 January 1953
The Canberra Times - 18 October 1950, 22 February 1951, 14 July 1951, 20 October 1951
Gay Bury - Australians at War, http://www.australiansatwar.gov.au/stories/stories_ID=226_war=KO.html (viewed January 2013)
AWM Collections Record : MSS2043, Lyall Klaffer, 'Fighter Pilot' (p.28)