Flight Lieutenant Donald Ernest Cameron (Don) Charlwood

Date of birth	1915-09-06	Melbourne, VIC.
Other	1931	Finished school.
Other	1932	Began work as a farm hand in Nareen, VIC. Charlwood also began selling short stories.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1941-05-23	Enlisted in the RAAF. He then sailed for Canada under the Empire Air Training Scheme to learn the navigators' trade. He was then posted to No. 103 Squadron, who flew most of their operations in Landacaster Bombers.
Other	1942 - 1943	Flew most of his tour of 30 operations.
Date of discharge	1945-07-23	Ended his appointement with the RAAF. After the war Charlwood joined the Air Traffic Control branch of the Department of Civil Aviation.
Other	1952	Became an instructor at the Department's Central Training College in Melbourne.
Other	1956	Published his first book, 'No Moon Tonight', a fictional account based on his wartime experiences.
Other	1975	He became Vice President of the Victorian branch of the Fellowship of Australian writers.
Other	1990	Published 'Marching as to War'.
Other	1991	Published 'Journey's into night'.
Date of honour or award	1992-01-26	Member of the Order of Australia.