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19 Oct 2021

My Air Force Family

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FLTLT Frank Robertson
15 Dec 2021

Flight Lieutenant Frank Robertson

My father Frank flew Kittyhawks with No.75 Squadron against the Japanese in 1943-4 in New Guinea and the nearby islands and then became an instructor at the Central Flying School at Point Cook, teaching trainees how to fly the plane he really loved - the Spitfire.

Frank Grosvenor
02 Dec 2021

My Air Force Family - Flight Lieutenant Francis (Frank) Walker Grosvenor

My father’s younger brother, Flight Lieutenant Frank Grosvenor, was a veteran of flying operations.
 
Born in Sydney's inner-west suburb of Marrickville and later living in harbourside Manly, Frank enlisted in the Australian Defence Force aged 18 years and 7 months.

Air Commodore Talbot
25 Oct 2021

My Air Force Family - Air Commodore Geoffrey William Talbot AFC

In 38 years of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) service my father, Air Commodore Geoffrey William Talbot AFC (Air Force Cross), accumulated more than 7000 flying hours in 75 different aircraft types.

Wing Commander John C Griffiths
19 Oct 2021

My Air Force Family - Wing Commander John C Griffiths MBE

My father, Wing Commander John C Griffiths, MBE, joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) from Melbourne in the mid-late 1960s.

Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Trevor Glasziou
12 Oct 2021

My Air Force Family - Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Trevor Glasziou

Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Trevor Glasziou is standing far right.

My father Ken began training with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in Canada and was presented with his wings in October 1941. 

Ernest Albert Whiting far right holding book
28 Sep 2021

My Air Force Family - Ernest Albert Whiting

Squadron Leader Ernest Albert Whiting - Far right holding a book.

My earliest childhood memories were of RAAF Base Pearce, when my father, then Squadron Leader Ernest Albert Whiting – always known as Bill - was Commanding Officer No. 7 National Service Training Unit.

Wing Commander John Brady
16 Sep 2021

My Air Force Family - Wing Commander John A. Brady

Across his working life, my father, John Brady, served in three ‘Royal’ Air Forces. Two may be easily guessed at, but the third will be a challenge.

FLTLT John Garrard
16 Sep 2021

My Air Force Family - Flight Lieutenant John Percival Garrard

At the outbreak of World War 2 my father John Percival Garrard was teaching at a one-teacher school in Forest, situated in the Otway Ranges in Victoria. He had settled there with his wife Dorothy and young family - Patricia, aged four and John aged two.

Arthur Molin
16 Sep 2021

My Air Force Family - Arthur John Moline

“Happy Jack”, as he was known to his mates in the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force), was older than most men who joined the war effort. He was 31 by the time he finished training and graduated as a Pilot Officer late in 1941. He missed out by a couple of days being sent to join the Empire Air Training Scheme in Canada. He was due to leave Australia on 9 December 1941, but Pearl Harbour intervened.

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