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bill, falkinder, charles, william, jackson, falkinder, august, 1921, july, 1993, australian, force, officer, politician, barmember, australian, parliament, franklinin, office, september, 1946, october, 1966preceded, bycharles, frostsucceeded, bythomas, pearsal. Charles William Jackson Falkinder CBE DSO DFC amp Bar 29 August 1921 11 July 1993 was an Australian air force officer and politician Bill FalkinderCBE DSO DFC amp BarMember of the Australian Parliament for FranklinIn office 28 September 1946 31 October 1966Preceded byCharles FrostSucceeded byThomas PearsallPersonal detailsBorn 1921 08 29 29 August 1921Hobart TasmaniaDied11 July 1993 1993 07 11 aged 71 Hobart TasmaniaNationalityAustralianPolitical partyLiberal Party of AustraliaOccupationAir Force officerMilitary serviceAllegianceAustraliaBranch serviceRoyal Australian Air Force 1940 45 Royal Australian Air Force Reserve 1945 67 Years of service1940 1967RankWing CommanderBattles warsSecond World WarAwardsDistinguished Service OrderDistinguished Flying Cross amp BarBorn in Hobart Tasmania he was educated at Hobart High School and served in the Royal Australian Air Force RAAF from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War Attached to the Royal Air Force s Bomber Command and later Pathfinder Force for much of this time Falkinder flew some 117 missions over occupied Europe and was decorated with the Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar He continued to serve in the RAAF Reserve after the war rising to the rank of wing commander In 1946 he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Franklin narrowly defeating Labor minister Charles Frost with a ten percent swing He held the seat until his retirement in 1966 Appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his service Bill Falkinder died in 1993 1 References Edit Carr Adam 2008 Australian Election Archive Psephos Adam Carr s Election Archive Archived from the original on 6 October 2008 Retrieved 9 November 2008 Parliament of AustraliaPreceded byCharles Frost Member for Franklin1946 1966 Succeeded byThomas Pearsall This article about a Liberal Party of Australia politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bill Falkinder amp oldid 1118375267, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
