Air Vice Marshal Ian Dougald McLachlan

Service number	55
Ranks Held	Group Captain, Air Vice Marshal, Air-Commodore
Birth Date	1911-07-23
Final Rank	Air Vice Marshal
Service	Royal Australian Air Force
Unit	No. 3 Squadron
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1954-01-01 Published in London Gazette in 1966-01-01 Published in London Gazette in 1941-02-11 Published in London Gazette in 1945-03-09 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1966-01-13 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1954-01-14 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1945-03-15

Rolls

Date of birth	23 July 1911
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs	1932
Other	1937	RAAF Coronation contingent to England.
Other units	04 December 1939	Commanding Officer No 3 Squadron.
Date promoted	01 January 1941	Wing commander.
Date promoted	01 December 1941	Group captain.
Other units	1942	Commanding Officer RAAF Station Canberra.
Other units	1942	Commanding Officer RAAF Station Laverton.
Other units	1943	Commanding Officer RAAF Wing New Guinea.
Other units	1944	Southern Area (Australia).
Other units	1945	No 81 Wing Morotai and Labuan.
Date promoted	01 March 1946	Acting Air Commodore.