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PID No.3830 McNAMARA Frank Hubert (V.C., C.B., C.B.E.); CAPT Pilot 1 Sqn AFC 3MD (Prev. LIEUT 46th Inf AMF & Subseq. LIEUT No.3 CFS Course AFC); School Teacher of North Koo-we-rup Vic; Single, (Married 1924); s/o Mr W F McNamara of Caulfield Vic.; RC; Born: 04 APR 1894 Waranga, Rushworth, Vic.; Died: 02 NOV 1961 Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England; AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 British War Medal (BWM) Victory Medal (VM) Commander - Order of the British Empire (CBE) Companion - Order of the Bath (CB) Victoria Cross (VC) - SERVICE RIBBONS 1914 -1918 - - HONOURS / AWARDS / DECORATIONS - N.A.A. B/c.1935406 DATES: EVENTS: REFERENCES: Educated Rushworth Public School DIG* p.238 Educated Agricultural High School Shepparton MU, DIG p.238 British War Medal (B.W.M.No.37110) B2455* Victory Medal (V.M.No.36777) B2455 Joined Senior Cadets 1911 Wig* p.73 Brighton Rifles (46th Bn) AMF 1912 Wig p.73 Teachers Training College and University of Melbourne 1913 - 1914 Wig p.73 Melbourne University Teachers Training College 1913 - 1914 WWA* 1955 2/LIEUT(P) 46th Infantry 3MD 01 JUL 1913 MO 493/13 Mobilised at outbreak of War AUG 1914 DIG p.238 Garrison duty Queenscliff and Pt Nepean AUG 1914 DIG p.238 Officers Training School Broadmeadows DEC 1914 Wig p.73 Instructor AIF Training Depot Broadmeadows (Feb.- May) FEB 1915 Wig p.73 LIEUT 46th Infantry AMF 01 JUL 1915 AIF OL APR 1917 Advanced Flying Course JUL 1915 DIG p.238 Commenced 3rd Course CFS Point Cook 02 AUG 1915 MO 445/15, MU LIEUT No.3 CFS Course AFC Laverton 3MD 02 AUG 1915 B2455 LIEUT 47th Bn awarded Royal Aero Club Cert No 2254 Werribee 20 OCT 1915 RAeC, RG* LIEUT passed CFS Course 30 OCT 1915 MO 720/15 LIEUT McNAMARA pictured at R 3/P 6 as one of 21 “No.1 Squadron Officers at Point Cook” - early 1916.** 1916 RAAF Museum Photo LIEUT AFC Embarked “Orsova” [ ?? see entry below - dp ] 05 JAN 1916 AWM 131 Appointed LIEUT AFC AIF 05 JAN 1916 AIF OL APR 1917 LIEUT 46th Infantry to 1 Sqn AFC 05 JAN 1916 MO 721/15,31/16,135/16 LIEUT joined 1 Sqn AFC "C" Flight 06 JAN 1916 1 Sqn Roll Embarked Melbourne HMAT A67 Orsova 16 MAR 1916 1 Sqn Roll to "F" Division HQ Heliopolis 21 APR 1916 AWM 140 Arrived Egypt 24 APR 1916 VED* to England for training 28 APR 1916 AWM 140, DIG p.238, VED Training w/- 42 Sqn RFC (May - July) MAY 1916 Wig p.74, DIG p.238 Joined 1 Sqn AFC Heliopolis JUN 1916 Wig p.74, DIG p.238 LIEUT Observer to 1 Sqn AFC 28 JUN 1916 AWM 224 Joined 42nd Division Base Depot ex England 25 AUG 1916 AWM 140 Joined 1 Sqn AFC 28 AUG 1916 AWM 224 Returned to Egypt, Instructor 22 Sqn RFC 28 AUG 1916 Wig p.74 to 22 Reserve Sqn RFC 07 SEP 1916 PRO London Attached 22 Reserve Sqn RFC 07 OCT 1916 AWM 140 67 Sqn AFC at Kantara 21 OCT 1916 AWM 140, VED With 1 Sqn AFC at El Auja 11 JAN 1917 Cut* p.51 Saved CAPT Rutherford (V.C. episode) 19 MAR 1917 Cut p.59 WIA - Awarded the Victoria Cross (V.C.) 20 MAR 1917 AG 169/17, AWM 224, VED, WWA 1955 Biographical record from the A.S.W.W.1 A.H. Inc. DB Collection. Extract based on material originally collected by the late B.J.Videon et al. Subsequent additions and digital development by David Perkins - Society N’letter Editor (2004-12) - [email protected] Compiled:- 12/2/2016 13:54:36 Page:- 1/3
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PID No.3830
McNAMARA Frank Hubert (V.C., C.B., C.B.E.); CAPT Pilot 1 Sqn AFC 3MD(Prev. LIEUT 46th Inf AMF & Subseq. LIEUT No.3 CFS Course AFC); SchoolTeacher of North Koo-we-rup Vic; Single, (Married 1924); s/o Mr W F McNamaraof Caulfield Vic.; RC; Born: 04 APR 1894 Waranga, Rushworth, Vic.; Died: 02NOV 1961 Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England;
AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
British War Medal(BWM)
Victory Medal(VM)
Commander - Orderof the British Empire
(CBE)
Companion - Order ofthe Bath
(CB)
Victoria Cross(VC)
- SERVICE RIBBONS 1914 -1918 -- HONOURS / AWARDS / DECORATIONS -
N.A.A. B/c.1935406
DATES: EVENTS: REFERENCES:
Educated Rushworth Public School DIG* p.238 Educated Agricultural High School Shepparton MU, DIG p.238 British War Medal (B.W.M.No.37110) B2455* Victory Medal (V.M.No.36777) B2455 Joined Senior Cadets 1911 Wig* p.73 Brighton Rifles (46th Bn) AMF 1912 Wig p.73 Teachers Training College and University of Melbourne1913 - 1914 Wig p.73 Melbourne University Teachers Training College1913 - 1914 WWA* 1955 2/LIEUT(P) 46th Infantry 3MD01 JUL 1913 MO 493/13 Mobilised at outbreak of WarAUG 1914 DIG p.238 Garrison duty Queenscliff and Pt NepeanAUG 1914 DIG p.238 Officers Training School Broadmeadows DEC 1914 Wig p.73 Instructor AIF Training Depot Broadmeadows (Feb.- May)FEB 1915 Wig p.73 LIEUT 46th Infantry AMF01 JUL 1915 AIF OL APR 1917 Advanced Flying CourseJUL 1915 DIG p.238 Commenced 3rd Course CFS Point Cook02 AUG 1915 MO 445/15, MU LIEUT No.3 CFS Course AFC Laverton 3MD02 AUG 1915 B2455 LIEUT 47th Bn awarded Royal Aero Club Cert No 2254 Werribee20 OCT 1915 RAeC, RG* LIEUT passed CFS Course30 OCT 1915 MO 720/15 LIEUT McNAMARA pictured at R3/P6 as one of 21 “No.1 Squadron Officers at Point Cook” - early1916.**
1916 RAAF Museum Photo
LIEUT AFC Embarked “Orsova” [ ?? see entry below - dp ]05 JAN 1916 AWM 131 Appointed LIEUT AFC AIF05 JAN 1916 AIF OL APR 1917 LIEUT 46th Infantry to 1 Sqn AFC05 JAN 1916 MO 721/15,31/16,135/16 LIEUT joined 1 Sqn AFC "C" Flight06 JAN 1916 1 Sqn Roll Embarked Melbourne HMAT A67 Orsova16 MAR 1916 1 Sqn Roll to "F" Division HQ Heliopolis21 APR 1916 AWM 140 Arrived Egypt24 APR 1916 VED* to England for training28 APR 1916 AWM 140, DIG p.238, VED Training w/- 42 Sqn RFC (May - July)MAY 1916 Wig p.74, DIG p.238 Joined 1 Sqn AFC HeliopolisJUN 1916 Wig p.74, DIG p.238 LIEUT Observer to 1 Sqn AFC28 JUN 1916 AWM 224 Joined 42nd Division Base Depot ex England25 AUG 1916 AWM 140 Joined 1 Sqn AFC28 AUG 1916 AWM 224 Returned to Egypt, Instructor 22 Sqn RFC28 AUG 1916 Wig p.74 to 22 Reserve Sqn RFC07 SEP 1916 PRO London Attached 22 Reserve Sqn RFC07 OCT 1916 AWM 140 67 Sqn AFC at Kantara21 OCT 1916 AWM 140, VED With 1 Sqn AFC at El Auja11 JAN 1917 Cut* p.51 Saved CAPT Rutherford (V.C. episode)19 MAR 1917 Cut p.59 WIA - Awarded the Victoria Cross (V.C.)20 MAR 1917 AG 169/17, AWM 224, VED,
WWA 1955
Biographical record from the A.S.W.W.1 A.H. Inc. DB Collection. Extract based on material originally collected by the late B.J.Videon et al.Subsequent additions and digital development by David Perkins - Society N’letter Editor (2004-12) - [email protected]
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PID No.3830AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918N.A.A. B/c.1935406
Wounded in bombing raid, landed to rescue CAPT Rutherford in complex operation due aircraftproblems (V.C episode)
20 MAR 1917 Lax* p.35
CAPT Flight Commander No 1 Sqn Sinai & PalestineAPR 1917 VED LIEUT 67 Sqn to CAPT Flight Commander 71 Sqn20 APR 1917 MO 447/17, AWM 224 Victoria Cross Citation - "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during an aerialbombing attack upon a hostile construction train, when one of our pilots was forced to land behindthe enemy's lines. Lieutenant McNamara, observing the pilot's predicament and the fact that hostilecavalry were approaching, descended to his rescue. He did this under heavy rifle fire and in spite ofthe fact that he himself had been severely wounded in the thigh. He landed about 200 yards fromthe damaged machine, the pilot of which climbed on to Lieutenant McNamara's machine, and anattempt was made to rise. Owing, however, to his disabled leg, Lieutenant McNamara was unableto keep his machine straight, and it turned over. The two officers, having extricated themselves,immediately set fire to the machine and made their way across to the damaged machine, which theysucceeded in starting. Finally, Lieutenant McNamara, although weak from loss of blood, flew hismachine back to the aerodrome, a distance of seventy miles, and thus completed his comrade'srescue." London Gazette 8th June 1917.
08 JUN 1917 LG 8/6/17
Promulgation of V.C.08 JUN 1917 MO 447/17, AWM 224 CAPT unable to fly due injuries RTA23 AUG 1917 AWM 133, Lax p.36 RTA per "Boorara" as invalid27 SEP 1917 VED, DIG p.240 Reported to have carried out "one or two mysterious missions in scare of 1918" [ no dates listed ]1918 - [?] "The Trainee" Demobilised30 JAN 1918 AWM 140, DIG p.240 CAPT AFC Reserve Class A01 FEB 1918 AMF OL Aug 1918 LIEUT (Honorary CAPT) ex 46th Infantry to Temp Assistant Instructor AIS01 FEB 1918 MO 61/18 LIEUT (V.C.) Pilot A & S RAF01 APR 1918 AFL 4/18 Ref 231,1102 Re-appointed CAPT AFC09 SEP 1918 MO 474/18 Flying Instructor Aviation Instructional StaffOCT 1918 DIG p.240 At Point Cook 1919 Mil* p.70 CAPT Aust Air Corps CFS Applicant for AAF 1919 Nom Roll Aviation Instructor Permanent Forces and Aust Air Corps (AAC)1919 - [?] Wig p.74 of Caulfield Vic08 JUN 1919 FCRO* ex CFS to 11th Aust General Hospital25 JUL 1919 CFS RO 393/19 Duty to Chief of General Staff to 22 August 191913 AUG 1919 CFS RO 405, 411/19 Temporary CO CFS vice CAPT Tregilles (leave)13 DEC 1919 CFS RO 485/19 CAPT Resignation AFC Reserve Class "A"31 DEC 1919 MO 492/21 CAPT Termination of appointment AIF 3MD31 DEC 1919 MO 136/20 LIEUT (Honorary CAPT) taken on strength CFS Aust Air Corps01 APR 1920 AAC RO 39/20 Peace Loan duty 4MD05 AUG 1920 AAC RO 66/20 1st Aerial Derby SA08 SEP 1920 Bro* p.81 CAPT 46th Infantry 2nd Bn resignation 3MD30 MAR 1921 MO 352/21 FLTLIEUT RAAF31 MAR 1921 Wig.p.74, DIG p.240c. FLGOFF(Actg FLTLIEUT)(t) posted 1FTS AAF31 MAR 1921 AAF RO 1/21 FLTLIEUT Staff Officer Intelligence RAAFAPR 1922 RAAFL 5/45 OC No 1 FTS Point Cook JUL 1922 DIG p.240 SQNLDR MAR 1924 Wig.p.74, DIG p.240 Gazetted SQNLDR RAAF and Seniority01 JUL 1924 Seniority List Exchange duty RAF JUN 1925 Wig p.74,DIG p.240 RTA to 2/i/c No 1 FTS NOV 1927 Wig p.74,DIG p.240 CO 1 FTS OCT 1930 Wig p.74,DIG p.240 WGCDR RAAF01 JUL 1931 AWM 1401 AD RAAF1933 - 1937 1FTS WGCDR RAAF - Member AFC Association Vic 1933 RAAFA Graduated BA University of Melbourne 1933 DIG p.240 GPCAPT 1934 Wig.p.74, DIG p.240 At 1 Sqn Reunion Dinner aboard RMS Orsova on eve of last voyage17 AUG 1936 Programme Imperial Defence College 1937 Wig p.74, DIG p.240 GPCAPT RAAF01 JAN 1937 AWM 140 Appointed Commander of the British Empire (C.B.E.)01 JAN 1938 AWM 140, Wig p.74 Air Liaison Officer Air Ministry/ Australia House London1938 - 1941 Wig p.74, DIG p.240 Aust Air Liaison Officer Australia House1938 - 1941 WWA 1955 Air Commodore (t) RAAF01 DEC 1939 RAAFL 5/45 Air Vice Marshal AOC HQ RAAF London 1942 Wig.p.74,DIG p.240 1942-1945 Loan to RAF, AOC British Forces Aden1942 - 1945 Wig p.74, DIG p.240 Appointed Companion of the Bath (C.B.) 1945 Wig p.74 RAAF Representative - British Ministry of Defence1945 - 1946 WAA 1955, DIG p.240
Biographical record from the A.S.W.W.1 A.H. Inc. DB Collection. Extract based on material originally collected by the late B.J.Videon et al.Subsequent additions and digital development by David Perkins - Society N’letter Editor (2004-12) - [email protected]
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PID No.3830AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918N.A.A. B/c.1935406
Retired AVM RAAF 1946 WWA 1955 Director of Education HQ British Occupation Admin Westphalia Germany JUL 1946 Wig p.74 National Coal Board London 1947 WWA 1955 Retired in Bucks, England [ no date listed ]1947 - [?] Wig p.74
* DIG = C.COULTHARD-CLARK “THE DIGGERS - Makers of the Australian Military Tradition”(pg. 238-241); * B2455 = N.A.A. World War 1 ServiceRecords 1914-20 (B2455 Series - McNAMARA’s dossier of 58 pages.); * Wig = L.WIGMORE “THEY DARED MIGHTILY” (pg.73-4); * WWA = “WHO’sWHO in AUSTRALIA” (1955 Edition); * RG = Russell GUEST co-author “ABOVE THE TRENCHES”; * VED = Education Dept. of Victoria “RECORD ofWAR SERVICE”; * Cut = F.M. CUTLACK “The AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS in THE WAR of 1914-18” (Vol. VIII, Official History) (pg. 51, 59;* Lax =Mark LAX editor “ONE AIRMAN’S WAR” (pg.35); * Mil = H.C.MILLER “EARLY BIRDS”(pg.70); * FCRO = “RETURNED OFFICERS of the FLYINGCORPS” (08 June 1919 - prob. prepared by/for F.M. CUTLACK); * Bro = Stanley BROGDEN “HISTORY of AUSTRALIAN AVIATION” (pg.81); **[ McNAMARA at R3/P6 (Rows top to bottom - Positions L to R) - dp ];POST NOMINALS:- V.C.,C.B.,C.B.E.,idc, BA.; PHOTOS:- N Clifford painting "Class of '15"; "They Dared Mightily" by L.Wigmore (p.80); & as CaptainV.C. in "The Trainee"; RAeCC photos (see above); RELICS: - Display at RAAF Museum; MEMORIAL:- The "McNAMARA Room" at the Air Force Club,RAAFA Victoria; BOOK:- "McNAMARA, VC" by C.Coulthard-Clark, Heritage Series, Winner of the 1996 Heritage Award; BIOGRAPHY:- Aust Dictionaryof Biography (ADB) Vol 10 pp 348-349 (MUP 1986)[ q.v. Mark LAX “VIDEMUS AGAMUS - A History of No.1 Sqn AFC - Part 1” ASWWIAH Inc. ‘14-’18 Journal 2014 Vol.2 (pp 88-95) dp ];
FOOTNOTES:
12/11/2015“No.1 Sqn Officers at PointCook -1916” - (ML Pix.)
Date:Note:
R3/P6
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Biographical record from the A.S.W.W.1 A.H. Inc. DB Collection. Extract based on material originally collected by the late B.J.Videon et al.Subsequent additions and digital development by David Perkins - Society N’letter Editor (2004-12) - [email protected]
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