Air Chief Marshal Frederick Rudolph William Scherger

Service number O38
Ranks Held Air Vice Marshal, Air-Commodore, Temporary Group Captain, Air Marshal
Birth Date 1904-05-18
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Ararat
Death Date 1984-01-16
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Kew
Final Rank Air Chief Marshal
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Unit No. 10 Operational Group
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
  • Period 1950-1959
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Biographical information The Oxford companion to Australian military history in 1995
Published in London Gazette in 1940-07-11
Published in London Gazette in 1958-06-12
Published in London Gazette in 1944-09-22
Published in London Gazette in 1950-06-08
Published in London Gazette in 1954-05-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1954-05-13
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1944-09-21
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1950-06-22
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1958-06-26

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

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

    Unit
    Royal Australian Air Force
    Conflict
    Period 1950-1959
    Rank
    Air-Commodore
    London Gazette
    08 June 1950 on page 2810 at position 13
    Commonwealth Gazette
    22 June 1950 on page 1493 at position 5
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

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

    Unit
    No. 10 Operational Group
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Air-Commodore
    London Gazette
    22 September 1944 on page 4393 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    21 September 1944 on page 2179 at position 5
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Air Force
    Conflict
    Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960
    Rank
    Air Vice Marshal
    London Gazette
    04 May 1954 on page 2617 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    13 May 1954 on page 1361 at position 1
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Air Force
    Conflict
    Period 1950-1959
    Rank
    Air Marshal
    London Gazette
    12 June 1958 on page 3550 at position 16
    Commonwealth Gazette
    26 June 1958 on page 2043 at position 2
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Royal Australian Air Force
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Temporary Group Captain
    London Gazette
    11 July 1940 on page 4269 at position 1
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960

Timeline

Date of birth 18 May 1904
Date of birth 18 May 1904
Date of death 16 January 1984
Date of death 16 January 1984