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No 442 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight Fleet Air Arm
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Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
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Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
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Kyle went to Australia on an exchange posting with the
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27:Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1910-1988)
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706:Knight of the Venerable Order of Saint John
662:Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
641:Kyle died on 31 January 1988 at Lymington.
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785:Australian National University
720:â 10 June 1952 to 31 July 1956
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489:No 820 Squadron Fleet Air Arm
398:Governor of Western Australia
104:Governor of Western Australia
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712:Air Aide de Camp to the King
562:Air Aide de Camp to the King
553:RAF Staff College, Bracknell
928:Vice-Chief of the Air Staff
680:Distinguished Service Order
622:Governorship and retirement
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414:Vice-Chief of the Air Staff
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989:April â November 1968
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773:Clark, Chris (2007).
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493:Central Flying School
471:, Kyle was posted to
462:flight cadet corporal
349:Sir Wallace Hart Kyle
235:Years of service
921:Sir Edmund Hudleston
733:Doctor of Technology
634:processing plant at
1002:Government offices
995:Sir Denis Spotswood
983:Commander-in-Chief
954:Commander-in-Chief
893:Sir Arthur McDonald
646:RAF Benevolent Fund
525:, he was appointed
517:Kyle served in the
182:, Western Australia
1010:Sir Hughie Edwards
708:â 26 February 1976
656:Honours and awards
546:RAF Downham Market
527:Officer Commanding
274:RAF Downham Market
262:RAF Bomber Command
257:RAF Strike Command
147:Sir Hughie Edwards
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885:Military offices
794:978-0-522-84459-7
682:â 26 October 1945
605:air chief marshal
585:Malayan Emergency
497:flight lieutenant
448:Kyle entered the
432:Kyle was born in
410:Malayan Emergency
346:Air Chief Marshal
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247:Air Chief Marshal
135:Sir Charles Court
37:Air Chief Marshal
18:Wallace Hart Kyle
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154:Succeeded by
125:Elizabeth II
111:
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1312:1988 deaths
1307:1910 births
593:air marshal
557:substantive
199:, Hampshire
142:Preceded by
1301:Categories
1241:Trowbridge
1191:Strickland
1173:Federation
1103:Fitzgerald
1075:Federation
1021:1975â1980
960:1965â1968
932:1962â1965
905:1959â1962
755:References
636:Kalgoorlie
538:RAF Marham
444:RAF career
434:Kalgoorlie
428:Early life
402:Kalgoorlie
400:. Born in
279:RAF Marham
217:Allegiance
180:Kalgoorlie
1206:Newdegate
978:New title
803:1833-7538
638:in 1978.
456:into the
286:(1940â42)
281:(1942â44)
269:(1959â62)
264:(1965â68)
238:1928â1968
197:Lymington
112:In office
102:24th
1271:McCusker
1221:Gairdner
1216:Mitchell
1148:Robinson
1138:Robinson
1128:Robinson
1083:Stirling
968:to form
870:12 April
816:3 August
811:70677943
750:) â 1980
739:) â 1979
611:to form
408:and the
253:Commands
207:"Digger"
204:Nickname
1281:Beazley
1266:Michael
1256:Jeffery
1231:Edwards
1226:Kendrew
1211:Campion
1186:Bedford
1113:Hampton
1108:Kennedy
1073:Before
632:uranium
131:Premier
121:Monarch
1286:Dawson
1196:Barron
1181:Lawley
1171:After
1143:Broome
1093:Clarke
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581:Malaya
305:Awards
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1246:Reid
1236:Kyle
1123:Weld
1118:Pine
1088:Hutt
872:2015
818:2016
807:OCLC
799:ISSN
789:ISBN
742:Hon
420:and
389:KStJ
361:KCVO
243:Rank
187:Died
174:Born
81:KStJ
53:KCVO
1133:Ord
730:Hon
648:'s
382:DFC
375:DSO
368:CBE
354:GCB
335:(4)
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67:DSO
60:CBE
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