Service number | O344, 133 |
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Ranks Held | Group Captain, Squadron Leader, Wing Commander, Air Vice Marshal |
Birth Date | 1916-12-15 |
Birth Place | Australia: Tasmania, Launceston |
Death Date | 1992-10 |
Final Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Unit | No. 3 Squadron |
Place | Launceston |
Conflicts/Operations |
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Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1946-06-14 Published in London Gazette in 1943-12-14 Published in London Gazette in 1945-06-12 Published in London Gazette in 1959-06-13 Published in London Gazette in 1969-06-14 Published in London Gazette in 1944-04-07 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1946-01-17 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-12-23 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1969-07-03 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1944-04-13 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1945-06-21 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1959-06-25 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1946-07-04 |
Air Vice Marshal Brian Alexander Eaton
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Conflict
- Period 1950-1959
- Rank
- Group Captain
- London Gazette
- 13 June 1959 on page 3736 at position 15
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 25 June 1959 on page 2211 at position 4
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Group Captain
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 17 January 1946 on page 83 at position 1
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Group Captain
- London Gazette
- 12 June 1945 on page 3083 at position 1
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 21 June 1945 on page 1353 at position 4
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Group Captain
- London Gazette
- 14 June 1946 on page 3007 at position 1
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 04 July 1946 on page 1847 at position 2
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Conflict
- Period 1960-1969
- Rank
- Air Vice Marshal
- London Gazette
- 14 June 1969 on page 5995 at position 1
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 03 July 1969 on page 3855 at position 1
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- No. 3 Squadron
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Wing Commander
- London Gazette
- 07 April 1944 on page 1616 at position 2
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 13 April 1944 on page 904 at position 2
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- No. 3 Squadron
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Squadron Leader
- London Gazette
- 14 December 1943 on page 5436 at position 1
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 23 December 1943 on page 2802 at position 10
Timeline
Date of birth | 15 December 1916 | |
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Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 20 January 1936 | Air cadet in Flying Training School. |
Date promoted | 01 January 1937 | Pilot officer. |
Other units | 19 January 1937 | No 1 Squadron. |
Other units | 03 May 1937 | No 21 Squadron. |
Date promoted | 01 July 1937 | Flying officer. |
Other units | 30 June 1938 | No 1 Flying Training School. |
Other units | 19 July 1939 | Equipment Training School. |
Date promoted | 01 September 1939 | Flight lieutenant. |
Other units | 29 April 1940 | Central Flying School. |
Date promoted | 01 September 1940 | Temporary squadron leader. |
Other units | 18 June 1941 | Directorate of Training. |
Other units | 17 March 1942 | No 5 Fighter Sector Headquarters. |
Other units | 09 June 1942 | Headquarters No 1 Training Group. |
Other units | 04 August 1942 | No 5 Service Flying Training School. |
Other units | 01 September 1942 | No 2 Operational Training Unit. |
Other units | 04 October 1942 | No 1 Embarkation Depot. |
Other units | 04 November 1942 | Overseas Headquarters. |
Other units | 17 January 1943 | No 1 Middle East Training School. |
Other units | 19 April 1943 | Commanding Officer No 3 Squadron. |
Date promoted | 01 June 1943 | Flight lieutenant (substantive). |
Date promoted | 01 December 1943 | Temporary wing commander. |
Other units | 20 February 1944 | No 1 Mobile Operations Room Unit, Italy. |
Date promoted | 01 August 1944 | Acting group captain. |
Other units | 1945-09 | Posted to United Kingdom. |
Other units | 1945-09 | RAF Staff College. |
Other units | 1946 | RAF Meteor Squadron. |
Other units | 1946 | RAF School of Air Support, Central Fighter Establishment. |
Other units | 1946-10 | Repatriated to Australia. |
Other units | 1946-11 | RAAF School of Air Support. |
Other units | 1947 | Commanding Officer No 78 Wing, Malta. |
Other units | 1948 | Headquarters, British Commonwealth Occupation Forces, Japan. |
Other units | 1949-11 | Deputy Director of Training. |
Other units | 1951 | Commanding Officer No 78 Wing, Malta. |
Other units | 1955 | RAAF Director of Operations. |
Other units | 1957 | Commandant School of Land-Air Warfare. |
Other units | 1957 | Officer Commanding RAAF Williamtown. |
Other units | 1959 | Director Joint Services Plans. |
Other units | 1961 | Imperial Defence College. |
Date of death | 1992-10 |
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