Group Captain Keith MacDermott Hampshire

Service number	147
Ranks Held	Group Captain, Wing Commander
Birth Date	1914-09-10
Birth Place	Australia: New South Wales, Port Macquarie
Death Date	1982-11-17
Death Place	United States of America: California
Final Rank	Group Captain
Service	Royal Australian Air Force
Units	No. 22 Squadron No. 456 Squadron
Places	California Port Macquarie
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1944-05-12 Published in London Gazette in 1943-04-27 Published in London Gazette in 1945-02-09 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-04-29 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1945-02-15 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1944-05-18

Collection items

Date of birth	10 September 1914
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	10 January 1937
Other units	1937-12	No 2 Squadron.
Date promoted	16 December 1937	Pilot officer.
Date promoted	16 January 1938	Flying officer.
Other units	1939	Specialists Signal Course - RAF College, Cranwell, UK.
Date promoted	01 September 1939	Flight lieutenant.
Other units	1940-01	No 12 Squadron.
Other units	1940-06	Signals Officer RAFF Station Darwin.
Date promoted	01 January 1941	Squadron leader.
Other units	1941-05	Area Signals Officer Northern Command Headquarters, Townsville.
Other units	18 September 1941	Commanding Officer No 6 Squadron.
Other units	09 February 1942	Commanding Officer No 23 Squadron.
Date promoted	01 October 1942	Wing commander.
Other units	03 December 1942	Commanding Officer No 22 Squadron.
Other units	14 December 1943	Commanding Officer No 456 Squadron.
Date promoted	01 July 1944	Temporary group captain.
Other units	1944-12	Transport Command RAF.
Other units	1945	School of Air Transport.
Other units	1945-05	RAF Staff Course.
Other units	1945-07	Transport Command Headquarters.
Date of discharge	29 April 1946
Date of death	17 November 1982