705:, he was credited with making the first aerial deliveries of mail and newspapers to several cities in eastern Australia, and with making the first aircraft landing at several townships in southern Queensland. He also competed in air races. By April 1922, working with Larkin-Sopwith's successor, Larkin Aircraft Supply Co. Ltd, King was reported as having safely flown 2,000 passengers and 48,000 miles (77,000 km) throughout Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. He soon left the aviation business to go into partnership with another pilot, T.T. Shipman, founding Shipman, King and Co. Pty Ltd. Importing and building machinery, the company was successful and allowed King to take up the restoration and racing of motor vehicles. He married Josephine Livingston, twenty, at St John's Anglican Church,
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574:. He took over "A" Flight from Cobby, who had been posted to England. By the end of September, King's tally was eighteen. He registered his final victory in a Camel on 2 October, when he used bombs to send down his fourth balloon.
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railway station, bombed it, machine-gunned a train, and returned among the low clouds—all without seeing any enemy." The only contact around this time was on 30 August, when King,
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of this very good and gallant officer"; McNamara received a commission in the AAC that April.
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Roy King was born on 13 May 1894 at The Grove, near
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210:Distinguished Flying Cross
103:Royal Australian Air Force
37:Elwyn Roy King, c. 1917–18
2585:The Brotherhood of Airmen
2334:. Australian War Memorial
2286:. Australian War Memorial
2218:RAAF Historical Section,
2205:RAAF Historical Section,
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2549:. London: Grub Street.
2447:Newton, Dennis (1996).
1937:"Aeroplanes visit Sale"
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369:No. 4 Squadron AFC
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342:4th Light Horse Brigade
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680:Australian Air Corps
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2449:Australian Air Aces
1965:"'Couriers' by air"
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1148:Australian Air Aces
951:on 27 February 2012
790:Sir Charles Burnett
778:Fawkner Crematorium
269:No. 4 Squadron
46:"Bo", "Beau", "Bow"
2530:. Oxford: Osprey.
2137:"Aviator's action"
1843:on 10 October 2012
1816:The London Gazette
1785:Above the Trenches
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688:Frank McNamara, VC
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562:The London Gazette
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442:incendiary bullets
373:Royal Flying Corps
350:Gallipoli Campaign
133:No. 4 Squadron AFC
2439:978-1-74237-072-9
2368:Allen & Unwin
2233:"King, Elwyn Roy"
2058:The Barrier Miner
1924:The Third Brother
1922:Coulthard-Clark,
1883:978-0-522-84459-7
1671:Australian Airmen
1596:on 7 January 2014
1181:978-0-522-84459-7
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497:Battle of Amiens
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430:Neuve Église
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358:Sinai Desert
334:Themistocles
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172:World War I
166:Battles/wars
69:(1941-11-28)
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2619:1941 deaths
2614:1894 births
2209:, pp. 22–23
2196:, pp. 18–19
2093:28 February
2037:28 February
1977:28 February
1949:28 February
1811:"No. 31378"
1800:, pp. 30–31
1735:Molkentin,
1699:, pp. 42–43
1656:Molkentin,
1616:"No. 31046"
1481:Molkentin,
1402:Molkentin,
1388:26 December
1230:Molkentin,
1217:Molkentin,
1096:Molkentin,
1014:Garrisson,
782:South Yarra
703:Sopwith Gnu
514:Adrian Cole
469:Armentières
410:Harry Cobby
391:Fighter ace
323:World War I
250:Harry Cobby
242:fighter ace
223:Businessman
54:13 May 1894
43:Nickname(s)
2608:Categories
2351:References
2338:12 January
2316:12 January
2023:"Aviation"
1682:Stephens,
1669:Richards,
1052:Stephens,
941:"Roy King"
707:Camberwell
657:Bickendorf
529:Haubourdin
473:Airco DH.9
434:lieutenant
354:Suez Canal
346:Heliopolis
303:Early life
144:No. 3 EFTS
81:Allegiance
76:, Victoria
74:Point Cook
2469:(1996) .
2397:220900299
2310:The Argus
2290:2 January
2268:4 January
2262:The Argus
2242:4 January
2178:4 January
2171:The Argus
2147:8 January
2121:8 January
2065:8 January
1905:4 January
1892:1833-7538
1847:2 January
1748:Cutlack,
1713:Cutlack,
1634:Cutlack,
1600:2 January
1560:Cutlack,
1538:Cutlack,
1516:Cutlack,
1494:Cutlack,
1459:Cutlack,
1437:Cutlack,
1415:Cutlack,
1353:Cutlack,
1331:Cutlack,
1309:Cutlack,
1287:Cutlack,
1265:Cutlack,
1243:Cutlack,
1203:2 January
1190:1833-7538
1109:Cutlack,
1082:4 January
1038:2 January
985:4 January
955:2 January
920:2 January
907:1833-7538
742:Narromine
672:Melbourne
504:with the
452:, in the
151:(1940–41)
135:(1917–19)
84:Australia
2053:"Flying"
1900:70677943
1796:Wilson,
1787:, p. 224
1770:Shores,
1756:Archived
1753:, p. 381
1721:Archived
1695:Odgers,
1660:, p. 321
1642:Archived
1639:, p. 359
1568:Archived
1565:, p. 356
1546:Archived
1543:, p. 353
1524:Archived
1521:, p. 351
1502:Archived
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