Record ID:
60595977 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
Heading:
Birth:
  • 18950619
  • Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia
Death:
  • 19660214
  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Associated with:
  • Australia
Occupations:
  • pilot; Air Vice Marshal
Used for:
  • Cole, King
Notes:
  • Adrian Lindley Trevor Cole (1895-1966) was born in Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia. He joined the army the outbreak of World War I, transferring to the Australian Flying Corps in 1916 where he was commissioned a second lieutenant. By 1917 Cole was flying reconnaissance and scouting missions in Sinai and Palestine. He flew with No. 1 squadron in the Middle East and No. 2 Squadron on the Western Front. Promoted to captain in 1917 Cole was posted to France as a flight commander with No. 2 Squadron AFC (also known as No. 68 Squadron Royal Flying Corps). Adrian Cole was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions on 7 October 1918. In 1921 he was a founding member of the R.A.A.F. After a distinguished career in both wars, he retired with the rank Air Vice Marshall.
  • Cole, Adrian Lindley Trevor. Collection of views taken by Lieutenant Adrian Cole whilst on duty in Egypt with the No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps and also on leave in Cairo, 1916 t.p. (Adrian Cole)
  • WWW, Wikipedia, 17/04/2015 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Cole_%28RAAF_officer%29
  • WWW, Australian Dictionary of Biography online http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cole-adrian-lindley-trevor-9780
Local system number:
  • (VSL)1560176
Cataloguing source:
  • VSL eng rda VSL
Authentication code:
  • anuc