Wallace Kyle

Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace Hart Kyle GCB KCVO CBE DSO DFC (* 22. January 1910 in Kalgoorlie , Western Australia , Australia ; † 31 January 1988 in Lymington , England ) was an Australian officer in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and later Governor from Western Australia .

Life

Born in Kalgoorlie , Western Australia , Kyle joined the RAF in 1929 and served in World War II and the Malayan Emergency , a guerrilla war between colonial power Great Britain and Malay separatists. He led a number of former ranks, including that of the Vice Chief of the Air Staff and commander-in-chief of Bomber Command and Strike Command . In 1975 he became governor of Western Australia. He held this office until 1980 before he later came to England. He died there on January 31, 1988.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organization - Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace Kyle

personal data
SURNAME	Kyle, Wallace
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kyle, Sir Wallace Hart
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian officer in the United Kingdom Air Force
DATE OF BIRTH	January 22, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kalgoorlie , Western Australia , Australia
DATE OF DEATH	January 31, 1988
Place of death	Lymington , Hampshire , England

[air-1] A ^b Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organization - Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace Kyle