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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 35335" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gavin </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Howard Valentine </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron,R.A.A.F. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Flight Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>408185 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Distinguished Flying Cross </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 21.9.1945 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 16.11.1919 Melbourne,Victoria,Australia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>next of kin Elsie May Gavin</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted RAAF 29.3.1941 Melbourne,Victoria,Australia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>617 Squadron</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>pilot</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award DFC (for Tirpitz and Lutzow)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>HQ Western Area 1973</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Group Captain</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>discharged 31.8.1973</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1949 resided Hawthorn Lane,Belgrave Heights,Victoria,Australia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>first name "Edward" in one source (error) </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-gavin.18568/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/18/18568-b9a1c0b0c045fac7f47598b0cd6b3c78.jpg?1591400296" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 35335, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Gavin [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Howard Valentine [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]617 Squadron,R.A.A.F. [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Flight Lieutenant [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]408185 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Distinguished Flying Cross [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]London Gazette 21.9.1945 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]born 16.11.1919 Melbourne,Victoria,Australia[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]next of kin Elsie May Gavin[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]enlisted RAAF 29.3.1941 Melbourne,Victoria,Australia[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]617 Squadron[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]pilot[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]award DFC (for Tirpitz and Lutzow)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]HQ Western Area 1973[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Group Captain[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]discharged 31.8.1973[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]1949 resided Hawthorn Lane,Belgrave Heights,Victoria,Australia[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]first name "Edward" in one source (error) [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][URL="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-gavin.18568/"][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/18/18568-b9a1c0b0c045fac7f47598b0cd6b3c78.jpg?1591400296[/IMG][/URL][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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