Group Captain Dixie Robison Chapman

Service number O335
Birth Date 08/09/1912
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Tenterfield
Death Date 23/11/1973
Final Rank Group Captain
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Unit No. 91 (Composite) Wing
Place Tenterfield
Conflicts/Operations
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Korean War, 1950-1953

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 08/09/1912
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 1934 Air cadet.
Other units 1935 Fighter Squadron (Bulldogs).
Date promoted 07/1935 Pilot officer.
Other units 1936 Flying instructor and Flight Commander at Point Cook.
Date promoted 01/02/1936 Flying officer.
Date promoted 1938 Flight lieutenant.
Other units 07/1939 Deputy Director of Training, RAAF Headquarters.
Date promoted 01/06/1940 Squadron leader.
Other units 28/12/1940 Commanding Officer No 23 Squadron.
Other units 23/12/1941 Commanding Officer No 3 Squadron.
Date promoted 01/07/1942 Wing commander.
Other units 13/04/1943 Commanding Officer No 451 Squadron.
Date promoted 01/12/1943 Group captain.
Other units 02/03/1944 Commanding Officer No 4 Service Flying Training School.
Other units 12/08/1945 Commanding Officer No 84 (Army Co-Op) Wing Bougainville.
Other units 1952 Commanding Officer No 91 Wing RAAF.
Other units 1954 Air Attache - Washington.
Other units 1956 Officer Commanding RAAF Base Amberley.
Other units 1959 Headquarters Operation Command.
Other units 1960 Officer Commanding RAAF Base Darwin.
Other units 1963 Department of Air.
Date of death 23/11/1973