Wing Commander Colin George Milson

Service number	402379
Ranks Held	Acting Wing Commander, Squadron Leader, Wing Commander
Birth Date	1919-06-16
Birth Place	Australia: Queensland, Longreach
Death Date	1975-07-14
Final Rank	Wing Commander
Service	Royal Australian Air Force
Units	No. 455 Squadron No. 39 Squadron (RAF)
Place	Longreach
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1945-07-13 Published in London Gazette in 1943-04-20 Published in London Gazette in 1944-07-11 Published in London Gazette in 1944-12-05 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-04-29 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1944-12-14 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1945-07-19 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1944-08-03

Collection items

Date of birth	16 June 1919
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1940
Other units	1940	No 2 Initial Training School, Bradford Park.
Other units	1940	No 26 Elementary Flying Training School.
Other	04 November 1940	Left Australia.
Other units	1941	No 22 Elementary Flying Training School, Rhodesia.
Date promoted	21 May 1941	Pilot officer.
Date promoted	01 October 1941	Acting flight lieutenant.
Date promoted	21 November 1941	Flying officer.
Other units	1942	No 2 Operational Training Unit, Chivenor Devon, UK.
Other units	07 May 1942	No 39 Squadron, Middle East, flying Beaufort Bombers.
Date promoted	02 November 1942	Acting squadron leader.
Date of honour or award	1943-04	Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Date promoted	1943-04	Squadron leader.
Other units	22 October 1943	No 144 Squadron.
Date of honour or award	1944-07	Awarded tbe bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Date promoted	23 October 1944	Acting wing commander.
Other units	23 October 1944	Commanding Officer No 455 Squadron.
Date of honour or award	1944-12	Awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
Date of honour or award	1945-07	Awarded the bar to the Distinguished Service Odrer for an attack on German shipping in a Norwegian fjord.
Date of death	14 July 1975