Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Saturday 12 November 1955, page 1


Alex Ingrams 3, grandson of World War I hero George Ingram, V.C., M.M., proudly wears his father's medals as he places a poppy on the Rock of Remembrance after the

Shrine service yesterday.

...our No. 1 ace

Ait-Commodore Cobby.

Air Commodore Arthur Henry Cobby, first World War air ace, died suddenly at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital yesterday afternoon..

Aged 61. he was one of j

the most decorated officers of -the R.A.A.F.

Air Commodore Cobby, who was Director of Flying Operations in the Civil Aviation Department, collapsed in his office at Henty House in Little Collins st. yesterday morning, and- was taken to Heidelberg Hospital. ; .

He was Australia's most famous fighter pilot of the First World War, and as a pioneer pilot of the Australian Flying Corps he was credited with shooting down 33 German planes and 13 balloons over the Western

Front.

His decorations included the C.B.E.. D.S.O., D.F.C. and two bars, also the George Medal, which he won for having risked his life to save members of his staff when a Catalina aircraft crashed.

Before the Second World War he was Controller of Operations, Civil Aviation

Board.

When the. Empire Training Scheme was begun he was appointed R.A.A.F. Director of Recruiting, and later he was made responsible for administration of all R.A.A.F. unit» In New I Guinea.

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