Group Captain Charles William Pearce

Service number 51
Birth Date 29/01/1910
Birth Place Australia: Western Australia, Kalgoorlie
Death Date 10/09/1980
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Palm Beach
Final Rank Group Captain
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Units
  • No. 10 Operational Group
  • No. 10 Squadron
  • RAAF Port Morseby
Places
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 29/01/1910
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 15/01/1930
Date promoted 01/09/1939 Squadron leader.
Other units 01/02/1940 Commanding Officer No 10 Squadron.
Other units 02/05/1941 Commanding Officer No 11 Squadron.
Date promoted 01/01/1941 Wing commander.
Other units 08/10/1941 Command RAAF, Port Morseby, New Guinea.
Date promoted 01/01/1942 Group captain.
Other units 30/11/1943 Senior Air Staff Officer No 10 Group.
Other units 1944 Director Tactical Warfare.
Other units 07/11/1946 Command Headquarters, North Eastern Australia.
Other units 01/04/1946 Command RAAF, Southern Headquarters.
Other units 1949 Air Attache, Washington.
Date of death 10/09/1980