Group Captain Alan Charles Rawlinson

Service number	386
Ranks Held	Group Captain, Wing Commander
Birth Date	31/07/1918
Death Date	27/08/2007
Final Rank	Group Captain
Service	Royal Australian Air Force
Unit	No. 3 Squadron
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945

Collection items

Date of birth	31/07/1918
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	19/07/1938	Air cadet.
Other units	1938	Flying Training School.
Other units	07/1939	No 3 Squadron.
Date promoted	22/06/1939	Pilot officer.
Other units	05/1941	Flight commander.
Other units	10/11/1941	Commanding Officer No 3 Squadron.
Other units	12/1941	Commanding Officer Air Fighting and Firing School
Date returned to Australia	03/1942
Other units	09/1942	RAAF Headquarters.
Other units	04/1942	No 2 Operational Training Unit.
Other units	11/1943	Wing Leader - No 73 Wing Kiriwina.
Other units	04/1943	Commanding Officer No 79 Squadron.
Other units	04/1944	Commanding Officer Parachute Training Unit.
Other units	01/1944	RAAF Staff College.
Date promoted	07/1945	Acting group captain.
Other units	05/1945	Commanding Officer No 78 Wing Tarakan.
Other	19/12/1946	Appointment terminated.
Date of death	27/08/2007