Service number | 217 |
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Ranks Held | Squadron Leader, Wing Commander |
Birth Date | 1915-03-15 |
Death Date | 2003-11-26 |
Final Rank | Wing Commander |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1943-01-01 Published in London Gazette in 1946-01-01 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1946-01-17 |
Wing Commander Andrew Dill Henderson
Rolls
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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
- Squadron Leader
- London Gazette
- 01 January 1943 on page 38 at position 2
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Wing Commander
- London Gazette
- 01 January 1946 on page 35 at position 1
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 17 January 1946 on page 83 at position 21
Timeline
Date of birth | 15 March 1915 | |
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Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 01 July 1937 | |
Other units | 1938-06 | No 4 Squadron. |
Date promoted | 24 June 1938 | Pilot officer. |
Date promoted | 24 December 1938 | Flying officer. |
Other units | 1939-01 | No 6 Squadron. |
Other units | 1939-07 | No 23 Squadron. |
Other units | 1939-09 | No 8 Squadron. |
Other units | 1940-01 | No 6 Squadron. |
Other units | 1940-05 | No 8 Squadron. |
Date promoted | 01 June 1940 | Temporary flight lieutenant. |
Date promoted | 01 October 1941 | Squadron leader. |
Other units | 1942-04 | Headquarters Western Area. |
Other units | 1942-06 | Commanding Officer No 7 Squadron. |
Other units | 1942-08 | No 1 Operational Training Unit. |
Other units | 1942-10 | Headquarters North Western Area. |
Date promoted | 01 April 1943 | Wing commander. |
Other units | 1943-09 | Commanding Officer No 459 Squadron. |
Other units | 1944-11 | Commanding Officer No 454 Squadron. |
Other units | 1945-07 | RAF Staff College. |
Other units | 1946-06 | Command Crew Conversion Unit. |
Date of death | 26 November 2003 |
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