Service number | 407256 |
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Ranks Held | Flight Lieutenant, Wing Commander |
Final Rank | Wing Commander |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Unit | No. 453 Squadron |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Wing Commander Donald Hamilton Smith
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- No. 453 Squadron
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Flight Lieutenant
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Flight Lieutenant
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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
Other units | 1940 | No 3 Elementary Flying Trinaing School, Essendon. |
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Other units | 1940 | No 2 Service Flying Training School, Wagga. |
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 18/08/1940 | No 1 Initial Training School, Somers. |
Date promoted | 11/10/1941 | Pilot officer. |
Other units | 1941 | No 60 Operational Training Unit, East Fortune, Scotland. |
Other units | 05/1942 | No 126 Squadron. |
Other units | 04/1942 | No 452 Squadron. |
Other units | 03/05/1943 | No 41 Squadron. |
Date promoted | 14/10/1943 | Flight lieutenant. |
Other units | 02/05/1944 | Commanding Officer No 453 Squadron. |
Date promoted | 02/05/1944 | Acting squadron leader. |
Date promoted | 01/07/1944 | Squadron leader. |
Date promoted | 02/1945 | Acting wing commander. |
Other units | 1945 | Commanding Officer No 11 Personnel Dispatch and Reception Centre. |
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