Fred Parkinson Holliday, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian flying ace
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Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About Fred Parkinson Holliday
- Fred Parkinson Holliday DSO, MC, AFC (20 February 1888 – 5 March 1980), was an Australian fighter pilot and ace of the First World War.
- He shot down 17 German aircraft between his entry into the war and its end, making him the 11th highest-scoring Australian-born pilot of the war.
- He served with the RFC and RAF throughout, in the No.
- 48 Squadron.
- He was awarded the Military Cross on 26 July 1917 for a particularly successful encounter with five German aircraft, and was later given the Distinguished Service Order.Born in Fitzroy, Victoria, as a youth Holliday was sent to Britain to complete his schooling, attending grammar school in Brighton.
- He served in the Sussex Yeomanry for three years, but after completing further studies in electrical and mechanical engineering moved to Canada.
- In September 1914, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force as a sapper in the Canadian Engineers.
- He was appointed a temporary Second Lieutenant in December 1915, and he subsequently transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, serving first as an observer and then as a pilot.Holliday survived the war, and after working briefly in Sweden, he returned to Canada.
- He saw further service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War, reaching the rank of group captain.
- He died at the age of 72.
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