Commodore David Hughes, who’s died just short of his 107th birthday.

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Commodore David Hughes, who’s died just short of his 107th birthday.

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The Naval family has lost possibly the country’s oldest sailor: Commodore David Hughes, who’s died just short of his 107th birthday.


The New Zealand-born officer was one of the last survivors of the Yalta Conference – where Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin drew up plans for post-war Europe – one of many remarkable moments in a 32-year naval career.

David Hughes was born two days before Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, the trigger for World War 1.

He joined the Royal New Zealand Sea Scouts with his twin brother John aged 14 and then the Royal New Zealand Navy as midshipmen.

After sea training with the Swedish Navy aboard the Prince Oregon, a three-mast sailing vessel, the brothers attended Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth for officer training, then on to Collingwood and Excellent for training as gunnery officers.
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