Service number | 400631 |
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Birth Date | 1915-01-07 |
Final Rank | Acting Wing Commander |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Unit | GG Flight |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1946-01-01 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1946-01-10 |
Acting Wing Commander Donald Roy Donaldson
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
- GG Flight
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Acting Wing Commander
- London Gazette
- 01 January 1946 on page 88 at position 5
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 10 January 1946 on page 29 at position 1
Timeline
Date of birth | 07 January 1915 | |
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Other units | 1941 | No 11 Operational Training Unit. |
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) | 06 May 1941 | Flight sergeant. |
Other units | 29 October 1941 | No 44 Squadron. |
Date promoted | 29 July 1942 | Pilot officer. |
Other units | 1943 | No 26 Operational Training Unit. |
Date promoted | 29 January 1943 | Flying officer. |
Date promoted | 22 May 1943 | Acting Flight lieutenant. |
Date promoted | 12 January 1944 | Acting squadron leader. |
Other units | 05 February 1944 | No 460 Squadron. |
Date promoted | 10 March 1944 | Acting squadron commander. |
Date promoted | 19 June 1944 | Acting wing commander. |
Other units | 19 June 1944 | Commanding Officer No 463 Squadron. |
Other | 24 June 1944 | Shot down while flying Lancaster III (LM574 JO-J), but evaded capture. |
Date promoted | 29 July 1944 | Flight lieutnenat. |
Other | 03 September 1944 | Reported safe in the UK. |
Other | 06 April 1945 | Appointed to command Governor General's flights, Canberra. |
Other | 11 September 1946 | Appointment terminated. |
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