O251334 Air Commodore Arthur Henry 'Harry' Cobby

Date of birth	1894-08-26	Prahran, VIC
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1916	Australian Flying Corps.
Other	1916-10	Sent to Point Cook for flying instruction and to join the No 4 Squadron, AFC.
Other	1917-03	Arrived in England with the No 4 Sqaudron.
Other	1917-12	No 4 Squadron was posted to France.
Date promoted	1918-05-25	Promoted to captain.
Date of honour or award	1918-07-02	Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).
Other	1918-09	Returned to England as an instructor.
Date of honour or award	1918-09-21	Awarded 2 bars to the Dintinguished Service Cross on the same day.
Date of honour or award	1918-11-02	Distinguished Service Order (DSO).
Other	1919-04-25	Cobby led the Australian Flying Corps fly past over London on Anzac Day.
Date returned to Australia	1919-05-06
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1921-03-31	Enlisted in the RAAF.
Date of discharge	1936	Resigned from the RAAF with the Rank of Wing Commander.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1939	Returned to RAAF.
Date of honour or award	1943	Recieved George Medal (GM) for rescuing the his fellow survivors of an air crash.
Date of honour or award	1944-06-16	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Date of discharge	1946-08-19	Left the RAAF.
Date of death	1955-11-11