Wallace Kyle Politician

Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace Hart Kyle GCB, KCVO, CBE, DSO, DFC (22 January 1910 – 31 January 1988) was an Australian officer who served as a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) commander and later as the Governor of Western Australia. Born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Kyle was commissioned into the RAF in 1929, and, having seen service in World War II and the Malayan Emergency, held a number of senior positions, including Vice-Chief of the Air Staff and commander-in-chief of the RAF's Bomber Command and Strike Command. He was made governor of Western Australia in 1975, a position in which he served until 1980, later returning to England, where he died in 1988.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 22, 1910
Birth place
Western Australia , Kalgoorlie , Australia
Date of deathJanuary 31, 1988
Place of death
England , Hampshire , Lymington

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awards
Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
military operations
World War II
Malayan Emergency
military command
RAF Marham
RAF Strike Command
RAF Bomber Command
No. 139 Squadron
RAF Downham Market
RAF Technical Training Command
military rank
Air chief marshal
monarch
Elizabeth II
service start1928
service end1968
successor

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