Air Vice Marshal Ian Dougald McLachlan

Service number	55
Ranks Held	Air Vice Marshal, Air-Commodore, Group Captain
Birth Date	23/07/1911
Final Rank	Air Vice Marshal
Service	Royal Australian Air Force
Unit	No. 3 Squadron
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945

Rolls

Date of birth	23/07/1911
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs	1932
Other	1937	RAAF Coronation contingent to England.
Other units	04/12/1939	Commanding Officer No 3 Squadron.
Date promoted	01/01/1941	Wing commander.
Date promoted	01/12/1941	Group captain.
Other units	1942	Commanding Officer RAAF Station Laverton.
Other units	1942	Commanding Officer RAAF Station Canberra.
Other units	1943	Commanding Officer RAAF Wing New Guinea.
Other units	1944	Southern Area (Australia).
Other units	1945	No 81 Wing Morotai and Labuan.
Date promoted	01/03/1946	Acting Air Commodore.