List of recipients of the Air Force Medal

This is a list of recipients of the Air Force Medal of Australia.

Royal Air Force

Flight Lt. Albert (Bert) Welvaert 1917-2014
Sergt.-Pilot Clifford Hare 45733 1919
Flt. Sgt. Alister Bruce Fraser 1674909 1953^[1]
Flt. Lt. Dominic Bruce 1915-2000 (only man to be awarded the AFM and the Military Cross)

Queens Birthday Honours 26 May 1953

Flight sergeants:

1590837 Benjamin Roy BRADLEY, Royal Air Force
575765 James DOUGAN, Royal Air Force.
517971- Alfred John FAIRBAIRN, Royal Air Force.
794418 Kazimierz GORNY, Royal Air Force.
1584832 Terence Maxwell HAMER, Royal Air Force.
1331420 (now Master Signaller) William
Frederick Joseph HFLLS, Royal Air Force.
578431 Austen Brian HOWES, Royal Air Force.
1215791 Thomas McHuGH, D.F.C., Royal Air Force.
1801364 Alexander Henry SHELTON, Royal Air Force.
1287688 Henry Frederick John THORPE, Royal Air Force.^[1]

Sergeants:

4030743 Zivan ATANACKOVIG, Royal Air Force.
1583805 Richard Eric BOWLER, Royal Air Force.
1436951 Geoffrey Ashwell HALL, Royal Air Force.
1816311 William Sidney JONES, Royal Air Force.
2236572 John Patrick MCCARTHY, Royal Air Force.
1180724 Daniel Victor SUTTON, Royal Air Force.
1809968 Richard Thomas VANE, Royal Air Force.^[1]

Royal Australian Air Force

Name	Service Number	Unit	Conflict	Award
Bennett, James Mallett	275	Australian Flying Corps	First World War, 1914-1918	Air Force Medal
Boddington, Newcombe Adrian	1974	Svy Fl	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Clarke, Robert Douglas	1831	Royal Australian Air Force	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Fahey, Francis Felix	406352	Royal Australian Air Force	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Gersekowski, Andrew Reginald	906402	Royal Air Force	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Greenhill, Albert Leonard	2153	Royal Australian Air Force	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Griffiths, Thomas Sidney	436431	Royal Australian Air Force	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Harrington, William Rex	A32932	Royal Australian Air Force	Unlinked Conflict	Air Force Medal
Hosking, Derrick William	5308	Royal Australian Air Force	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Inglis, Peter Raymond	A318391	Royal Australian Air Force	Unlinked Conflict	Air Force Medal
Jenkins, George Percival	408111	Royal Australian Air Force	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Jones, Gary Lincoln	A56916	Royal Australian Air Force	Unlinked Conflict	Air Force Medal
Kimber, William Robert	A5115	Royal Australian Air Force	Unlinked Conflict	Air Force Medal
Lavers, Justyn Ronald	2083	Royal Australian Air Force	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Lewis, John Alexander	A34969	Royal Australian Air Force	Unlinked Conflict	Air Force Medal
Lyall, James Smith	16638	No. 1 Aircraft Depot	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Mason, John Frederick	300326	Royal Australian Air Force	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
McCarthy, John Keith	2039	Royal Australian Air Force	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Padgett, Norman Gunn	408148	9 Comm Unit	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Roman, David Alexander	A48089	Royal Australian Air Force	Unlinked Conflict	Air Force Medal
Russell, David Keith	A225955	Royal Australian Air Force	Unlinked Conflict	Air Force Medal
Saunders, Richard William	1990	Royal Australian Air Force	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Seton, Michael John	A23953	Royal Australian Air Force	Period 1950-1959	Air Force Medal
Shiers, Walter Henry	8974	Australian Flying Corps	First World War, 1914-1918	Air Force Medal
Thornton, Geoffrey	A33201	Royal Australian Air Force	Unlinked Conflict	Air Force Medal
Trist, Leslie Joseph	106	Royal Australian Air Force	Unlinked Conflict	Air Force Medal
Tucker, Thomas Wellesley	30693	3 OTU	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Tuttleby, Clifford Ernest	2760	Royal Australian Air Force	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Watson, Peter Laurie	A57911	Royal Australian Air Force	Unlinked Conflict	Air Force Medal
Wiburd, George	205759	No. 2 Squadron	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal
Wilson, John Jamieson	402431	Royal Australian Air Force	Second World War, 1939-1945	Air Force Medal

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Page 2939 | Supplement 39863, 26 May 1953 | London Gazette | The Gazette". Archived from the original on 22 October 2018.
^ "Search | The Australian War Memorial". www.awm.gov.au. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

[:0-1] "Page 2939 | Supplement 39863, 26 May 1953 | London Gazette | The Gazette". Archived from the original on 22 October 2018.

[2] "Search | The Australian War Memorial". www.awm.gov.au. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

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v t e Australian Defence Force aircraft serial-number prefixes
Italics indicate prefixes not used.
RAAF Series One 1921–34	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12
RAAF Series Two 1935–63	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30 A30 A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A37 A37 A37 A38 A39 A40 A41 A42 A43 A44 A44 A45 A46 A47 A48 A49 A50 A51 A52 A53 A54 A55 A56 A57 A58 A59 A60 A61 A62 A63 A64 A65 A66 A67 A68 (I) A68 (II) A69 A70 A71 A72 A73 A74 A75 A76 A77 A78 A79 A80 A81 A82 A83 A84 A85 A86 A87 A88 A89 A90 A91 A92 A93 A94 A95 A96 A97 A98 A99 A100
RAN Series¹	N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N6 N7 N8 N9 N10 N11 N12 N13 N14 N15 N16
RAAF Series Three Tri-Service series 1964–present	A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17/N17 A18 A19 A20 A21 A22/N22 A23 N24 A25 A26 A27 N28 N29 A30 A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A37 A38 A39 A40/N40 A41 N42 A43 A44 A45 A46 A47 N48 N49 A51 N52 A53 A54 A55 A56 A69
Lists	Aircraft of the RAAF Aircraft of the RAN Aircraft of the Australian Army
¹ Prior to adoption of Tri-Service prefixes.

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List of recipients of the Air Force Medal

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Queens Birthday Honours 26 May 1953

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