Squadron Leader Geoffrey Charles Atherton

Service number 408030
Ranks Held Acting Squadron Leader, Flying Officer, Squadron Leader
Birth Date 1919-09-27
Birth Place Australia: Tasmania, Launceston
Final Rank Squadron Leader
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Units
  • Operational Base RAAF
  • No. 78 Wing
  • No. 75 Squadron
  • No. 82 Squadron
Place Launceston
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1943-03-26
Published in London Gazette in 1944-06-16
Published in London Gazette in 1945-10-19
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-04-01
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1944-06-22
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1945-11-01

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Operational Base RAAF
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Flying Officer
    London Gazette
    26 March 1943 on page 1414 at position 26
    Commonwealth Gazette
    01 April 1943 on page 757 at position 25
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    No. 78 Wing
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Acting Squadron Leader
    London Gazette
    19 October 1945 on page 5123 at position 4
    Commonwealth Gazette
    01 November 1945 on page 2300 at position 2
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    No. 75 Squadron
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Squadron Leader
    London Gazette
    16 June 1944 on page 2875 at position 4
    Commonwealth Gazette
    22 June 1944 on page 1251 at position 38
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    No. 78 Wing
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    No. 75 Squadron
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Operational Base RAAF
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945

Timeline

Date of birth 27 September 1919