Air Commodore Keith Raymond John Parsons

Service number	109, O337
Ranks Held	Air Commodore, Group Captain, Wing Commander
Birth Date	28/06/1914
Birth Place	Australia: Tasmania, Scottsdale
Final Rank	Air Commodore
Service	Royal Australian Air Force
Units	No. 7 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force
Place	Scottsdale
Conflicts/Operations	Second World War, 1939-1945 Second World War, 1939-1945 Period 1945-1959

Rolls

Date of birth	28/06/1914
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	01/1935	Air cadet
Date commissioned	01/1936	Pilot officer.
Date promoted	03/1939	Flight lieutenant.
Other units	12/1939	Chief Flight Instructor, No 1 Elementrary Flying Training School, Parafield.
Date promoted	10/1940	Squadron leader.
Other units	03/1941	Commanding Officer No 1 Armament Training Station, Cressy.
Other units	08/1942	No 1 Operational Training Unit, Bairnsdale.
Other units	10/1942	Commanding Officer No 7 Squadron, Nowra.
Date promoted	10/1942	Wing commander.
Other units	12/1942	Commanding Officer No 7 Squadron, South West Pacific.
Other units	03/1944	Commanding Officer No 5 Elementary Flying Training School, Narromine.
Other units	10/1944	Commanding Officer of No 460 Squadron.
Other units	08/1944	No 11 Personnel Dispatch and Reception Centre (RAF).
Other units	06/1944	No 8 Operational Training Unit, Narromine.
Other units	12/1944	RAF stations, Binbrook.
Other units	08/1944	Headquarters, Bomber Command.
Date promoted	06/1944	Group captain.
Other units	06/1945	RAF stations, Gamstar.
Other units	09/1945	Commanding Officer of No 1 Operational Training Unit, Sale.
Date promoted	01/1947	Wing commander.
Date promoted	07/1952	Group captain.
Other units	06/1958	Commanding Officer Headquarters RAAF Butterworth.
Date promoted	05/1958	Acting air commodore.
Date promoted	11/1959	Group captain.
Date promoted	01/1961	Acting air commodore.