Service number | 400493 |
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Ranks Held | Sergeant, Wing Commander |
Birth Date | 1916-01-29 |
Final Rank | Wing Commander |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Unit | No. 462 Squadron |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1942-06-11 Published in London Gazette in 1944-11-14 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1944-11-23 |
Wing Commander David Eliot Strachan Shannon
Rolls
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Sergeant
- London Gazette
- 11 June 1942 on page 2526 at position 7
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- No. 462 Squadron
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Wing Commander
- London Gazette
- 14 November 1944 on page 5208 at position 12
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 23 November 1944 on page 2609 at position 12
Timeline
Date of birth | 29 January 1916 | |
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Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 31 August 1941 | No 99 Squadron, RAF. |
Date promoted | 08 November 1941 | Flight sergeant. |
Date commissioned | 15 February 1942 | Pilot Officer. |
Other units | 05 April 1942 | No 162 Squadron, RAF. |
Date promoted | 15 August 1942 | Flying Officer. |
Date promoted | 23 October 1943 | Flight lieutenant. |
Other units | 31 March 1944 | No 466 Squadron. |
Date promoted | 17 April 1944 | Squadron leader. |
Date promoted | 18 August 1944 | Wing commander. |
Other units | 18 August 1944 | Coommanding Officer of No 462 Squadron. |