DOUGLAS, Desmond Lloyd George
| Service Numbers: | O359, 171 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1937 |
| Last Rank: | Air Vice Marshal |
| Last Unit: | Operational Command HQ (RAAF) |
| Born: | Sandgate, Queensland, 5 May 1917 |
| Home Town: | St Ives Chase, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Boys High School & Sydney University |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | St Ives, New South Wales, 5 September 1980, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis) |
Non Warlike Service
| 18 Jan 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 171 |
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World War 2 Service
| 18 Jan 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal, O359 | |
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| 12 Jan 1943: | Honoured Distinguished Flying Cross | |
| 6 Jun 1944: | Honoured Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
Non Warlike Service
| 5 May 1974: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal, O359, Operational Command HQ (RAAF) |
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World War 2 Service
| 5 May 1974: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal, O359 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Born 5 May 1917, Sandgate, Queensland
NOK: Eveylyn Douglas
18/1/1937 (171) enlisted in RAAF at Willoughby, NSW
place of enlisting Point Cook, Victoria - as an Air Cadet
1938-39 with 5 and 9 Fleet Coop Squadrons
1939-42 with RAF Coastal Command - 10 Squadron RAAF
1942-43 with RAF Coastal Command - Command 461 Squadron
12/1/1943 London Gazette - awarded - "Distinguished Flying Cross"
for "devotion to duty, energy and tact to a high degree"
8/6/1944 London Gazette - Awarded - "Officer of the Order of the British Empire"
1944 with RAF Coastal Command - Command RAF Stn Pembroke Dock
1946-48 Director Air Staff Policy
1948-1951 Commander RAAF Canberra
1952 Assistant Commandant RAAF Staff Coll.
1956 OC 82 Bomber Wg
1956 OC RAAF Townsville, QLD
1958 Laverton
1960-63 Air Operations Officer, Far East Air Forces Singapore
1965-67 OC RAAF Richmond
1967-70 Director-General, Plans & Policy, Dept. of Air
1970-74 Australian Defence Representative in Washington, USA
Air Vice Marshall - Headquarters Operational Command
5/5/1974 discharged from service
5/9/1980 passed away at St.Ives, NSW
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 23/6/2016. Lest we forget.
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