Air Vice Marshal Francis Hubert (Frank) McNamara, VC, CB, CBE

Date of birth	1894-04-04	Rushworth, VIC.
Other	1911	Joined the Senior Cadets.
Other	1912	Transferred to the Brighton Rifles, 46th Infantry Battalion.
Date commissioned	1913-07	Appointed to 2nd lieutenant.
Other	1914-12	Attended the fourth course at the Officers Training School at Broadmeadows.
Other	1915-02 - 1915-05	Instructed at the AIF Training Depot.
Other	1915-08	Selected to attend the third course in military aeronautics at the Point Cook Flying School.
Date graduated	1915-10	Graduated as a pilot.
Other units	1916-01	Posted to No. 1 Squadron Air Flying Corps as Adjutant.
Other units	1916-05	No. 42 Squadron, RFC.
Other units	1917	Returned to No. 1 Squadron Air Flying Corps.
Date of honour or award	1917-03-20	Awarded Victoria Cross for "most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during an aerial bomb attack upon a hostile construction train, when one of our pilots was forced to land behind the enemy's lines. Lieutenant McNamara, observing the pilots predicament and the fact that hostile cavalry were approaching, descended to his rescue. He did this under heavy rifle fire and in spite of the fact that he himself had been severely wounded in the thigh. He landed about 200 yards from the damaged machine, the pilot of which climbed on to Lieutenant McNamara's machine, and an attempt was made to rise. Owing, however, to his disabled leg, Lieutenant McNamara was unable to keep his machine straight, and it turned over. The two officers, having extricated themselves, immediately set fire to the machine and made their way across to the damaged machine, which they succeeded in starting. Finally, Lieutenant McNamara, although weak from loss of blood. flew this machine back to the aerodrome, a distance of seventy miles, and thus completed his comrade's rescue."
Date promoted	1917-04-10	Appointed captain and flight commander.
Date returned to Australia	1917-08-23	Invalided but to Australia due to his leg wound.
Date of discharge	1918-01-31	His appointment with the Australian Flying Corps ended.
Other	1918-09-09	Reappointed to the Air Flying Corps and became an aviation instructor.
Other	1921-03	Transferred to RAAF with the rank of flight lieutenant.
Date promoted	1924-03	Appointed squadron leader.
Date promoted	1931-10	Appointed wing commander.
Date promoted	1936	Appointed group captain.
Date of honour or award	1938-01-01	Created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Date promoted	1939	Appointed air commodore.
Date promoted	1942	Appointed air vice marshal.
Date of honour or award	1945	Companion of the Order of the Bath.
Other	1946	Became Director of Education at the headquarters of the British Occupation Administration in Germany.
Date of discharge	1946-07-11	Resigned from RAAF.
Date of death	1961-11-02	London, England.