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Japanese" while leading North-Western Area Command. The same year, he relinquished command of North-Western Area and briefly took charge of Eastern Area Command. He was then posted to Britain to undertake a course at the
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Officer Photography at RAAF Headquarters, Melbourne. In 1934 he returned to Laverton to take up his third and final posting with No. 1 Squadron. By September 1937, he had been raised to
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fighters, warning higher command that its morale could drop if it was not either given a more active role in the war or transferred to southern
Australia for rest. By October, the wing had received orders to depart NWA for the forward base of
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while returning to base, the expedition was considered a success. For the second phase, lasting from July to
September, Charlesworth and his team journeyed around the whole of Australia from New South Wales to Queensland, thence to the
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be, and a minority of merchant ships identify themselves to aircraft". The RAAF's patrols had also settled into a predictable pattern that would have been easy for an observant submarine captain to avoid.
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that commenced on 1 May. By July, Charlesworth's command had been denuded of much of its strength as two of its bomber wings were transferred to First
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Officer (SASO). He continued to serve in this position when the group was re-formed as
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Analysis of the Role of Air Marshal Sir George Jones as Chief of the Air Staff, Royal Australian Air Force 1942–1952
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and was in temporary command of the unit. He had overall charge of a training flight in November–December that ended in disaster, when a
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1954:(PhD thesis). University College of the University of New South Wales.
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stalled and spun into a field, injuring him and killing his
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1972:"The Evolution of Australian Higher Command Arrangements"
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and seven other Air Force personnel from Nos. 1 and
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2137:. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.
2099:. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service.
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1982:. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012
1910:. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
777:Commander of the Order of the British Empire
643:, Victoria. He handed over to Group Captain
350:Commander of the Order of the British Empire
329:in December 1943, he was promoted temporary
243:Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1870:. Canberra: RAAF Air Power Studies Centre.
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2154:The Royal Australian Air Force: A History
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1602:(Supplement). 25 June 1946. p. 3217.
910:Charlesworth, Alan Moorehouse (1903–1978)
448:, Victoria, was fellow Duntroon graduate
1158:(Supplement). 3 June 1933. p. 3816.
627:in August, he was promoted to temporary
333:the following year and took over as AOC
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2156:. London: Oxford University Press.
1891:. North Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
1847:Alexander, Joseph A., ed. (1962).
922:Australian Dictionary of Biography
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2095:RAAF Historical Section (1995).
2015:Royal Military College, Duntroon
1799:"RECRUITING LAG MAY END IN 1965"
762:(left) at a farewell parade for
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321:in Western Australia. Appointed
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1885:Coulthard-Clark, Chris (1991).
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559:. Charlesworth was awarded the
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1021:. 21 August 1940. p. 6.
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651:. Charlesworth was appointed
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348:led to his appointment as a
271:Alan Moorehouse Charlesworth
38:Alan Moorehouse Charlesworth
1851:. Melbourne: Colorgravure.
1849:Who's Who in Australia 1962
1831:Who's Who in Australia 1962
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178:North-Western Area Command
104:Royal Australian Air Force
1864:Ashworth, Norman (2000).
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1319:RAAF Historical Section,
1262:22 September 2012 at the
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512:RAF School of Photography
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1779:World War 2 Nominal Roll
1369:A Critical Vulnerability
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706:First Tactical Air Force
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358:RAAF Station Williamtown
295:2nd Light Horse Regiment
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1562:Ten Years at the Top
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