Service number | 400493 |
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Ranks Held | Sergeant, Wing Commander |
Birth Date | 29/01/1916 |
Final Rank | Wing Commander |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Unit | No. 462 Squadron |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Wing Commander David Eliot Strachan Shannon
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Sergeant
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- No. 462 Squadron
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Wing Commander
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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
Timeline
Date of birth | 29/01/1916 | |
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Date promoted | 08/11/1941 | Flight sergeant. |
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 31/08/1941 | No 99 Squadron, RAF. |
Other units | 05/04/1942 | No 162 Squadron, RAF. |
Date commissioned | 15/02/1942 | Pilot Officer. |
Date promoted | 15/08/1942 | Flying Officer. |
Date promoted | 23/10/1943 | Flight lieutenant. |
Date promoted | 18/08/1944 | Wing commander. |
Other units | 31/03/1944 | No 466 Squadron. |
Other units | 18/08/1944 | Coommanding Officer of No 462 Squadron. |
Date promoted | 17/04/1944 | Squadron leader. |