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Wallace Kyle

Air Chief Marshal
Sir Wallace Kyle
GCB, KCVO, CBE, DSO, DFC
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24th Governor of Western Australia
In office
24 November 1975 – 30 September 1980
Monarch Elizabeth II
Premier Sir Charles Court
Preceded by Sir Hughie Edwards
Succeeded by Sir Richard Trowbridge
Personal details
Born 22 January 1910
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Died 31 January 1988(1988-01-31) (aged 78)
Lymington, Hampshire
Military service
Nickname(s) "Digger"
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Air Force
Years of service 1928–68
Rank Air Chief Marshal
Commands RAF Strike Command (1968)
RAF Bomber Command (1965–68)
RAF Technical Training Command (1959–62)
Air Headquarters Malaya (1955–57)
RAF Downham Market (1944)
RAF Marham (1942–44)
No. 139 Squadron (1940–42)
Battles/wars Second World War
Malayan Emergency
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Distinguished Flying Cross
Venerable Order of Saint John
Mentioned in Despatches (4)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace Hart Kyle, GCB, KCVO, CBE, DSO, DFC (22 January 1910 – 31 January 1988) was an Australian who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a senior commander and later as the Governor of Western Australia. Born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Kyle was commissioned into the RAF in 1929, and, having seen service in the Second World War and the Malayan Emergency, held a number of senior positions, including Vice-Chief of the Air Staff and commander-in-chief of the RAF's Bomber Command and Strike Command. He was made governor of Western Australia in 1975, a position in which he served until 1980, later returning to England, where he died in 1988.

Kyle was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, on 22 January 1910 to Alfred Kyle, a builder, and Christina Ellen (née Beck). He was educated at Kalgoorlie State School and later Guildford Grammar School, where he was a boarder and proved a capable sportsman and athlete.

Kyle entered the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in 1928 and was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in December 1929. While at Cranwell, he represented the college at cricket, squash and tennis and he attained the rank of Flight Cadet Corporal.


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