Wing Commander Gordon Henry Steege

Service number 213, 492, O34059; Air Commodore
Ranks Held Flight Lieutenant, Wing Commander
Birth Date 31/10/1917
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Chatswood
Death Date 01/09/2013
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Wahroonga
Final Rank Wing Commander
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Units
  • 3 Wing RAAF
  • ME
  • No. 3 Squadron
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Korean War, 1950-1953

Collection items

    Media


    Informal group portrait of three pilots of No. 3 Squadron RAAF engaged in operations over the ...

    KATHERINE, NT. 1943-10-12. GROUP PORTRAIT OF OFFICERS OF THE 3RD AUSTRALIAN COMMAND ROYAL ...

    KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA. 1951-10-03. GROUP CAPTAIN A.D. CHARLTON, OFFICER COMMANDING NO. 91 ...

    KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA. 1951-11-26. JUST BEFORE RETURNING BY AIR TO JAPAN FOLLOWING A VISIT TO NO. 77 ...

    KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA. 1951-12-11. THE AIR OFFICER COMMANDING EASTERN AREA, AIR VICE-MARSHAL ...

    KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA. 1951-12. NO 77 SQUADRON RAAF PILOTS L-R ARE: FLIGHT LIEUTENANT GEOFFREY ...

    KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA. 1951-12. RAAF NO 77 SQUADRON PILOTS, L-R: SQUADRON LEADER THOMAS; FLIGHT ...

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Timeline

Date of birth 31/10/1917
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 07/1937 Air cadet in No 1 Flying training School.
Other units 07/1938 No 3 Squadron.
Date promoted 12/1938 Flying officer.
Date promoted 06/1938 Pilot officer.
Other units 09/1939 No 11 Squadron.
Date promoted 06/1940 Flight lieutenant.
Other units 05/1940 No 3 Squadron.
Date promoted 10/1941 Temporary squadron leader.
Date promoted 05/1941 Acting squadron leader.
Other units 31/05/1941 Commanding officer No 450 Squadron.
Date promoted 10/1942 Temporary wing commander.
Other units 06/1942 Middle East Staff School, Haifa.
Other units 12/1942 No 2 Embarkation Depot.
Other units 01/1943 No 9 Fighter Sector Course.
Other units 03/1943 Commanding Officer No 14 Fighter Sector Headquarters.
Other units 01/1943 No 8 Fighter Sector Headquarters.
Other units 03/1943 Commanding Officer No 8 Fighter Sector Headquarters.
Other units 10/1943 Commanding Officer No 73 Fighter Wing.
Date promoted 02/1944 Acting group captain.
Date promoted 07/1944 Temporary group captain.
Other units 08/1944 Commanding Officer No 81 Fighter Wing.
Other units 01/1945 Eastern Area Headquarters.
Other units 05/1945 Air Force Headquarters.
Other 12/1946 Appointment terminated.
Other units 12/1946 RAAF Station Laverton.
Other units 09/1950 RAAF Station Schofields.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 06/1950 Air Force Headquarters.
Date promoted 06/1950 Wing commander (war substantive).
Other units 09/1951 Commanding Officer No 77 Squadron.
Other units 03/1951 No 78 Wing Headquarters.
Other units 05/1951 No 77 Squadron.
Other units 02/1952 School Land/Air Warfare.
Other units 01/1952 Base Squadron, Richmond.
Other units 08/1953 Department of Air.
Other units 08/1955 Training Command Headquarters.
Other units 05/1957 Officer Commanding RAAF Canberra.
Date promoted 05/1958 Acting group captain.
Date promoted 07/1958 Group captain.
Other units 12/1958 Department of Air.
Date of death 01/09/2013

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