RAAF Meteorological Service
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Weather Factor in Warfare
Chapter 2: Establishing and Developing the RAAF Directorate of Met. Services (D.Met.S)
Chapter 3: Recruiting and Training of Personnel
Senior Officers
Recruitment and Personnel
The WAAAF
Training Courses
'Who are these Met blokes?'
Chapter 4: Meteorology in Aviation
Chapter 5: The Met. Retreating
Chapter 6: The Met. Advancing
Chapter 7: The Met With the Army and the Navy
Chapter 8: Divisional Offices of the Bureau of Meteorology During the War
Chapter 9: Research and Instrumental Development
Chapter 10: The End, Aftermath, and Beyond
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
References
Index
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Senior Officers
In 1941, members of the permanent civilian Met. staff volunteering for service with the RAAF were enlisted or appointed under an organisation approved by the Air Board. Senior officers commissioned in the Citizen Air Force were:- Wing-Commander E. W. Timcke—Deputy Director D.Met.S
- Wing-Commander H. M. Treloar—Assistant Director (Technical)
- Squadron-Leader W. A. Dwyer—O/C Aviation Services
- Squadron-Leader (Later Wing-Commander) H. E. Camm—O/C Forecasting and Advisory Services
- Squadron-Leader A. W. Cornish—O.I.C. Instruments
- Squadron-Leader L. J. Dwyer—O.I.C. Services to Land Forces
- Squadron-Leader J. Hogan (1897 -1970)—O.I.C. Meteorological Research and Training
- Flight-Lieutenant J. R. Hodgins—Adjutant (Administation).
Senior civilian officers retained were:
- Mr J. C. Foley—Head of Climatology Section
- Mr J. P. O'Neill—Head of Statistics Section
- Mr J. W. Roach—Head of Civil Administration Section
- Miss G. N. Carey—Librarian
The Divisional Meteorologists in New South Wales (D. J. Mares) and Queensland (A. S. Richards) were appointed Wing-Commanders; those in other States were appointed Squadron-Leaders.
Organisations in Australian Science at Work - Directorate of Meteorological Services (D.Met.S)
People in Bright Sparcs - Cornish, Allan William; Dwyer, Leonard Joseph; Dwyer, Walter Anthony; Foley, James Charles; Hogan, John; Mares, David John; Richards, Alfred Stanley (Stan); Timcke, Edward Waldemar; Treloar, Harry Mayne
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