Group Captain Keith MacDermott Hampshire

Service number	147
Ranks Held	Group Captain, Wing Commander
Birth Date	10/09/1914
Birth Place	Australia: New South Wales, Port Macquarie
Death Date	17/11/1982
Death Place	United States of America: California
Final Rank	Group Captain
Service	Royal Australian Air Force
Units	No. 22 Squadron No. 456 Squadron
Places	California Port Macquarie
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945

Collection items

Date of birth	10/09/1914
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	10/01/1937
Other units	12/1937	No 2 Squadron.
Date promoted	16/12/1937	Pilot officer.
Date promoted	16/01/1938	Flying officer.
Other units	1939	Specialists Signal Course - RAF College, Cranwell, UK.
Date promoted	01/09/1939	Flight lieutenant.
Other units	01/1940	No 12 Squadron.
Other units	06/1940	Signals Officer RAFF Station Darwin.
Date promoted	01/01/1941	Squadron leader.
Other units	18/09/1941	Commanding Officer No 6 Squadron.
Other units	05/1941	Area Signals Officer Northern Command Headquarters, Townsville.
Other units	09/02/1942	Commanding Officer No 23 Squadron.
Date promoted	01/10/1942	Wing commander.
Other units	03/12/1942	Commanding Officer No 22 Squadron.
Other units	14/12/1943	Commanding Officer No 456 Squadron.
Other units	12/1944	Transport Command RAF.
Date promoted	01/07/1944	Temporary group captain.
Other units	05/1945	RAF Staff Course.
Other units	1945	School of Air Transport.
Other units	07/1945	Transport Command Headquarters.
Date of discharge	29/04/1946
Date of death	17/11/1982