Acting Air Vice Marshal Keith Selwyn Hennock

Service number 211
Ranks Held Wing Commander, Acting Air Vice Marshal, Group Captain
Birth Date 1918-02-08
Final Rank Acting Air Vice Marshal
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Unit No. 2 Squadron
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1960-06-11
Published in London Gazette in 1944-10-13
Published in London Gazette in 1968-06-08
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1944-10-19
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1968-06-20
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1960-06-23

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Air Force
    Conflict
    Period 1960-1969
    Rank
    Group Captain
    London Gazette
    11 June 1960 on page 4010 at position 16
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 June 1960 on page 2177 at position 10
  • Honours and Awards:

    Conflict
    Period 1960-1969
    Rank
    Acting Air Vice Marshal
    London Gazette
    08 June 1968 on page 6334 at position 19
    Commonwealth Gazette
    20 June 1968 on page 3367 at position 4
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    No. 2 Squadron
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Wing Commander
    London Gazette
    13 October 1944 on page 4695 at position 3
    Commonwealth Gazette
    19 October 1944 on page 2337 at position 13

Timeline

Date of birth 08 February 1918
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 22 June 1936 Cadet.
Other units 1937-07 No 1 Flying Training School, Point Cook.
Other units 1938 No 4 Squadron.
Date promoted 24 June 1938 Pilot officer.
Date promoted 1938-12 Flying officer.
Other units 1938-12 Commanding Officer B Flight.
Other units 1939-03 No 23 Squadron.
Date promoted 01 June 1940 Flight lieutenant.
Other units 1940-12 Officer Commanding Troops, HMT Largs Bay.
Other units 17 February 1941 No 206 Squadron.
Date promoted 01 April 1941 Acting squadron leader.
Date promoted 01 October 1941 Squadron leader.
Other units 19 April 1942 Commanding Officer No 459 Squadron.
Date promoted 01 May 1942 Acting wing commander.
Date returned to Australia 1942-12
Other units 1942-12 No 1 Operational Training Unit.
Date promoted 01 April 1943 Wing commander.
Other units 31 July 1943 Commanding Officer No 2 Squadron.
Other units 1944-04 Director of Operational Requirements, RAAF Headquarters.
Other units 1944-07 RAAF Staff College.
Other units 1944-10 Deputy Director (Establishments) in Directorate of Organisation and Staff Duties, RAAF Headquarters.
Other units 1948-02 Far Eastern Headquarters.
Other units 1951-02 Commanding Officer No 391 Squadron.
Other units 1952 Officer Commanding RAAF Station Canberra.
Other units 1955 Director General of Personnel.
Other units 1958 Air Attache, Washington.
Other units 1960 Officer Commanding No 82 Bomber Wing, Amberley.
Other units 1964 Director General of Plans and Policy, RAAF.
Other units 1967 Officer Commanding RAAF Base Richmond.