Air Marshal Valston Eldridge Hancock

Service number O315, 40
Ranks Held Air Vice Marshal, Acting Group Captain, Group Captain, Acting Air Vice Marshal, Air Marshal
Birth Date 1907-05-31
Birth Place Australia: Western Australia, Perth
Death Date 1998-09-29
Death Place Australia: Western Australia, Perth
Final Rank Air Marshal
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Units
  • 1 Ftr Wing
  • 224 Group RAF
Place Perth
Conflicts/Operations
  • Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1946-02-22
Published in London Gazette in 1942-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1953-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1962-06-02
Published in London Gazette in 1958-12-09
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1962-06-14
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1958-12-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1946-02-28
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1953-01-08

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Air Force
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Acting Group Captain
    London Gazette
    01 January 1942 on page 13 at position 3
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Air Force
    Conflict
    Period 1950-1959
    Rank
    Acting Air Vice Marshal
    London Gazette
    01 January 1953 on page 40 at position 14
    Commonwealth Gazette
    08 January 1953 on page 1 at position 3
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    224 Group RAF
    Conflict
    Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
    Rank
    Air Vice Marshal
    London Gazette
    09 December 1958 on page 7505 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 December 1958 on page 4251 at position 1
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Air Force
    Conflict
    Period 1960-1969
    Rank
    Air Marshal
    London Gazette
    02 June 1962 on page 4344 at position 14
    Commonwealth Gazette
    14 June 1962 on page 1983 at position 2
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    1 Ftr Wing
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Group Captain
    London Gazette
    22 February 1946 on page 1075 at position 12
    Commonwealth Gazette
    28 February 1946 on page 489 at position 5
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945

Timeline

Date of birth 31 May 1907
Date of death 29 September 1998