Lieutenant Peter Hines killed in Vietnam as man first walks on the moon

By Scott Bevan
Updated July 17 2019 - 1:33pm, first published 1:26pm
FAMILY GRIEF: Shane Hines and his mother, Norma Hines, stand before the commemorative plaque to father and husband, Lieutenant Peter Hines, at the memorial in Wangi Wangi.
FAMILY GRIEF: Shane Hines and his mother, Norma Hines, stand before the commemorative plaque to father and husband, Lieutenant Peter Hines, at the memorial in Wangi Wangi.

JUST as millions of others were doing around the globe, Norma Hines was sitting before her television on July 21, 1969, watching history being created.

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