Group Captain Alan Charles Rawlinson

Service number 386
Ranks Held Group Captain, Wing Commander
Birth Date 1918-07-31
Death Date 2007-08-27
Final Rank Group Captain
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Unit No. 3 Squadron
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1941-10-10
Published in London Gazette in 1941-12-26

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