Date of birth:

May 11th, 1922 (Tenterfield/New South Wales, Australia)

Date of death:

April 18th, 1962 (Kew/Victoria, Australia)

Nationality:

Australian

Service number: 420285/Aus.4202185.
Keith Simes (Pop-up photo right) flew, amongst others, together with his navigator Sydney Horne (Pop-up foto rechts) in a DeHavilland Mosquito with No. 464 (RAAF) Squadron at Thorney Island (1944/1945).

Career:
December 1943 - 23rd June 1944: 36 Operational Training Unit RAF(Greenwood);
24th June 1944 - 31st July 1944: 13 Operational Training Unit RAF (Bicester);
1st August 1944 - 13th August 1944: 2 Geographically Separated Unit RAF (Swanton Morley);
14th August 1944 - 1945: No. 464 (RAAF) Squadron.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Unit:

No. 464 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force

Awarded on:

September 14th, 1945

Citation:
"Courage and exceptional skill on numerous sorties."

Published in The London Gazette dated 14th September 1945 and the Australia Gazette dated 27th September 1945.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Unit:

No. 464 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron

• Photo 1: Graeme Horne
• - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette of 11th September 1945, Issue 37265, dated 14th September 1945
  - Recommendation for Keith Owen Simes to be awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross
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