Wing Commander Charles Gordon Chaloner Olive

Service number	277457, 39469
Birth Date	03/07/1916
Birth Place	Australia: Queensland, Brisbane, Paddington
Death Date	20/10/1987
Death Place	Australia: Queensland, Boonah
Final Rank	Wing Commander
Service	RAF and RAAF
Unit	No. 65 Squadron (RAF)
Places	Boonah Paddington
Conflicts/Operations	Second World War, 1939-1945 Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Date of birth	03/07/1916
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	12/12/1935	Enlisted as an air cadet.
Other units	27/02/1937	No 2 Flying Training School.
Other	19/02/1937	Short service commission with RAF as a pilot officer.
Other units	19/02/1937	RAF Depot.
Other	09/01/1937	Left Australia for England.
Other units	22/05/1937	No 65 Squadron.
Date promoted	19/08/1938	Flying officer.
Other	28/05/1940	Reported missing.
Date promoted	16/09/1940	Acting flight lieutenant.
Other units	11/05/1941	No 219 Squadron.
Other units	20/06/1941	Commanding Officer No 456 Squadron.
Other units	01/03/1942	Valley Station, Fighter Command.
Other units	15/07/1942	No 55 Operational Training Unit.
Other units	28/10/1942	No 58 Operational Training Unit.
Date promoted	18/01/1942	Squadron leader.
Other units	09/07/1942	No 81 Group.
Other units	20/04/1942	No 9 Group.
Other units	20/10/1943	Overseas Headquarters, RAAF.
Other units	07/12/1943	No 2 Embarkation Depot.
Other units	23/12/1943	No 3 Embarkation Depot.
Other units	20/10/1943	No 11 Personnel Dispatch and Reception Centre.
Other	20/10/1943	Left for Australia.
Other units	03/06/1943	Joined RAAF.
Other units	25/05/1943	No 83 Group.
Other units	12/02/1944	RAAF Command.
Other units	29/12/1944	1 Fighter Control Unit, RAAF.
Date promoted	12/02/1944	Acting wing commander.
Other units	05/01/1945	Commanding Officer No 101 Fighter Control Unit, RAAF.
Other units	21/01/1945	Area Defence Headquarters.
Other units	16/07/1945	Commanding Officer Area Defence Headquarters, Morotai.
Date of discharge	07/03/1946
Date of death	20/10/1987