Rawdon middleton biography of william

          Rawdon Hume Middleton (), airman, was born on 22 July at Waverley, Sydney, son of native-born parents Francis Rawdon Hamilton Middleton....

          Ron Middleton (VC)

          Recipient of the Victoria Cross

          Rawdon Hume "Ron" Middleton, VC (22 July 1916 – 29 November 1942) was a bomber pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force and a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

          Biography of Rawdon Middleton, one of only four Australian airmen to be awarded the Victoria Cross.

        1. Follows the life of Australian pilot Rawdon Middleton VC who won the highest award for valour the Victoria Cross.
        2. Rawdon Hume Middleton (), airman, was born on 22 July at Waverley, Sydney, son of native-born parents Francis Rawdon Hamilton Middleton.
        3. Rawdon Middleton was born on 22 July at Waverly in Sydney, a great-nephew of the explorer, Hamilton Hume.
        4. Bill's biography records Skinner's recollections of the injuries sustained by Hyder while he was sitting next to Middleton: Hyder had been.

          5. Early life

          Middleton was born on 22 July 1916 in Waverley, Sydney at Nurse Nettleton's Private Hospital.[2] His younger brother, Osman (a Middleton family name), was born in 1918.

          His parents had married in 1914.[3] His mother was Faith Lillian (born Millar) and his father Francis Rawdon Middleton, known as Frank, who had been raised at Burrowa.[4] Rawdon Middleton's maternal grandmother, Jessie Huon Middleton, née Hume, was the niece of the colonial explorer, Hamilton Hume.

          Rawdon Middleton spent the main part of his early years in the Central Western districts of New South Wales where his father was employed ma