TONGUE, Keith
| Service Number: | O23942 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 December 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Wing Commander |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Air Force |
| Born: | Dalby, Queensland, Australia, 12 September 1925 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Ipswich Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Permanent RAAF |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 25 July 1999, aged 73 years |
| Cemetery: |
Norwood Park Crematorium, Mitchell, A.C.T. Mjr Thomas Mitchell R.Gdn |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 31 Dec 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, O23942 | |
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| 7 Sep 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, O23942, Royal Australian Air Force |
Vietnam War Service
| 25 Nov 1968: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Wing Commander, O23942, Royal Australian Air Force |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Susanne Tongue
Air Commodore Keith Tongue (1925-1999) was born in Dalby Queensland and educated at Ipswich Grammar School. He was a teacher before enlisting in the RAAF in late 1943. In July 1944 he trained with the Empire Air Training Scheme in Canada, completing navigator training at Portage La Prairie. After the war he briefly returned to teaching then worked for QANTAS. He rejoined the RAAF in 1951 and, in 1954-1957 had an exchange posting with the RAF. His subsequent postings were at: Operational Command, Glenbrook; No 2 Squadron Butterworth; the Department of Air; the Staff College; Secretary, Joint Chiefs of Staff and Director Air Force Plans. He also served in Vietnam and the Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation. His final posting was OC Richmond and he retired in 1980 as an Air Commodore.
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