Air Commodore Keith Raymond John Parsons

Service number	109, O337
Ranks Held	Air Commodore, Group Captain, Wing Commander
Birth Date	1914-06-28
Birth Place	Australia: Tasmania, Scottsdale
Final Rank	Air Commodore
Service	Royal Australian Air Force
Units	Royal Australian Air Force No. 7 Squadron
Place	Scottsdale
Conflicts/Operations	Period 1950-1959 Second World War, 1939-1945 Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1951-01-01 Published in London Gazette in 1943-10-19 Published in London Gazette in 1945-06-26 Published in London Gazette in 1960-12-31 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-10-21 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1945-07-05 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1951-01-11 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1961-02-09

Rolls

Date of birth	28 June 1914
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1935-01	Air cadet
Date commissioned	1936-01	Pilot officer.
Date promoted	1939-03	Flight lieutenant.
Other units	1939-12	Chief Flight Instructor, No 1 Elementrary Flying Training School, Parafield.
Date promoted	1940-10	Squadron leader.
Other units	1941-03	Commanding Officer No 1 Armament Training Station, Cressy.
Other units	1942-08	No 1 Operational Training Unit, Bairnsdale.
Date promoted	1942-10	Wing commander.
Other units	1942-10	Commanding Officer No 7 Squadron, Nowra.
Other units	1942-12	Commanding Officer No 7 Squadron, South West Pacific.
Other units	1944-03	Commanding Officer No 5 Elementary Flying Training School, Narromine.
Date promoted	1944-06	Group captain.
Other units	1944-06	No 8 Operational Training Unit, Narromine.
Other units	1944-08	Headquarters, Bomber Command.
Other units	1944-08	No 11 Personnel Dispatch and Reception Centre (RAF).
Other units	1944-10	Commanding Officer of No 460 Squadron.
Other units	1944-12	RAF stations, Binbrook.
Other units	1945-06	RAF stations, Gamstar.
Other units	1945-09	Commanding Officer of No 1 Operational Training Unit, Sale.
Date promoted	1947-01	Wing commander.
Date promoted	1952-07	Group captain.
Date promoted	1958-05	Acting air commodore.
Other units	1958-06	Commanding Officer Headquarters RAAF Butterworth.
Date promoted	1959-11	Group captain.
Date promoted	1961-01	Acting air commodore.