IMPORTANT WW1 DFC, DCM GROUP OF EIGHT AWARDED TO FLYING ACE AND QANTAS CO-FOUNDER LIEUTENANT PAUL JOSEPH MCGINNESS mounted on display bar: - DFC with correct issue horizontally striped ribbon (replaced) dated to obverse '1918' and privately engraved by recipient 'Lieut. P.J. McGinness A.F.C., A.I.F.' - DCM impressed to rim '324 Sgt. P.J. McGinness 8/L.H. Regt. Aust. I.F.' - - 1914-15 Star impressed to obverse '324 Pte. P.J. McGinness 8/LH Rgt. A.I.F.' - British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to rim 'Lieut. P.J. McGinness AIF' - Pacific Star impressed to obverse and British War Medal and Australian Defence Medal impressed to rim '25138 P.J. McGinness' THIS GROUP IS BELIEVED TO BE UNIQUE AS NO OTHER AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMAN IS KNOWN TO HAVE RECEIVED THE DFC AND DCM DURING WWI OR WWII. and a large archive of photographs and ephemera relating to Paul McGinness' military and civilian life including: - reproduction of a photograph of St Patricks College, Ballarat 2nd Eighteen Football team, 1911, including McGinness - 18 b/w postcard photographs of the Turkish army, circa WWI - b/w photograph of "B" Squad 8th L.H., 16.5cm x 31cm - b/w photograph inscribed on reverse 'No.1 Squadron AFC at Ranleigh' - cabinet card photograph of McGinness inscribed on obverse 'Lieut Paul McGinness, Flying Corps, Cairo - b/w photograph of McGinness and Bowden Fletcher, Gunner Observer seated in "The Cauchey Battleplane" (split) - copy of citation for DFC with attached newspaper cutting referring McGinness' DCM citation - 12 b/w WWII photographs taken in Egypt and other locations - copies of 6 pages of typescript notes relating to potential landing sites noted during aerial survey for the Great Air Race. - notebook containing partial diary kept during aerial survey - more than 50 b/w photographs of the first QANTAS aircraft, an Avro 504K, taken circa 1921-1922 during early demonstration flights - two b/w photographs of QANTAS office at Longreach, Queensland, circa early 1920s - letters concerning McGinness' application to join the Chinese Air Force - documents relating to service in WWII - numerous photographs of McGinness farming at various locations - QANTAS Souvenir of Commemoration invitation,1920-1930 OTHER NOTES DFC Citation London Gazette 8 February, 1919: 'A bold and gallant airman who has displayed marked initiative and skill in attacking and destroying enemy aircraft, notably on 24th August, when, with his observer, he crashed two enemy machines in an engagement against heavy odds. He has also carried out successful attacks on enemy aerodromes, inflicting heavy casualties and causing serious damage.' DCM Citation London Gazette 30 May, 1916: 'For conspicuous gallantry. He did good scouting work and showed great powers of leadership during operations.' Paul Joseph McGinness was born in Framlingham, Victoria on 4 February, 1896. He attended St Patrick's College in Ballarat and at age 18 enlisted in the A.I.F. with the 8th Light Horse. He was one of the few survivors to take part in the ill-fated charge at the Nek at Gallipoli and was later awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for action against the Turkish Army at Jifjafa in 1916. The success of this mission was particularly significant as it proved to the British High Command the effectiveness of the Australian Cavalry in the Middle East. At age 20 McGinness requested a transfer to the Flying Corps. This decision was to shape his future, which he seemed to be well aware of. In a letter he wrote to his mother in 1916 from the Sinai Desert he explained '... You cannot get a commission in the (A.I.F.) Light Horse or Infantry unless you are over 23 years of age. Now in the Flying Corps you can get a commission at 21 and with a DCM to my credit, I should have a good chance. Another reason is that aviation is only in its childhood and, say, if a man had a good deal of experience in it here, after the War he might follow it up in Australia - if not in the military, then perhaps as a profes
IMPORTANT WW1 DFC, DCM GROUP OF EIGHT AWARDED TO FLYING ACE AND QANTAS CO-FOUNDER LIEUTENANT PAUL JOSEPH MCGINNESS mounted on display bar: - DFC with correct issue horizontally striped ribbon (replaced) dated to obverse '1918' and privately engraved by recipient 'Lieut. P.J. McGinness A.F.C., A.I.F.' - DCM impressed to rim '324 Sgt. P.J. McGinness 8/L.H. Regt. Aust. I.F.' - - 1914-15 Star impressed to obverse '324 Pte. P.J. McGinness 8/LH Rgt. A.I.F.' - British War Medal and Victory Medal impressed to rim 'Lieut. P.J. McGinness AIF' - Pacific Star impressed to obverse and British War Medal and Australian Defence Medal impressed to rim '25138 P.J. McGinness' THIS GROUP IS BELIEVED TO BE UNIQUE AS NO OTHER AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMAN IS KNOWN TO HAVE RECEIVED THE DFC AND DCM DURING WWI OR WWII. and a large archive of photographs and ephemera relating to Paul McGinness' military and civilian life including: - reproduction of a photograph of St Patricks College, Ballarat 2nd Eighteen Football team, 1911, including McGinness - 18 b/w postcard photographs of the Turkish army, circa WWI - b/w photograph of "B" Squad 8th L.H., 16.5cm x 31cm - b/w photograph inscribed on reverse 'No.1 Squadron AFC at Ranleigh' - cabinet card photograph of McGinness inscribed on obverse 'Lieut Paul McGinness, Flying Corps, Cairo - b/w photograph of McGinness and Bowden Fletcher, Gunner Observer seated in "The Cauchey Battleplane" (split) - copy of citation for DFC with attached newspaper cutting referring McGinness' DCM citation - 12 b/w WWII photographs taken in Egypt and other locations - copies of 6 pages of typescript notes relating to potential landing sites noted during aerial survey for the Great Air Race. - notebook containing partial diary kept during aerial survey - more than 50 b/w photographs of the first QANTAS aircraft, an Avro 504K, taken circa 1921-1922 during early demonstration flights - two b/w photographs of QANTAS office at Longreach, Queensland, circa early 1920s - letters concerning McGinness' application to join the Chinese Air Force - documents relating to service in WWII - numerous photographs of McGinness farming at various locations - QANTAS Souvenir of Commemoration invitation,1920-1930 OTHER NOTES DFC Citation London Gazette 8 February, 1919: 'A bold and gallant airman who has displayed marked initiative and skill in attacking and destroying enemy aircraft, notably on 24th August, when, with his observer, he crashed two enemy machines in an engagement against heavy odds. He has also carried out successful attacks on enemy aerodromes, inflicting heavy casualties and causing serious damage.' DCM Citation London Gazette 30 May, 1916: 'For conspicuous gallantry. He did good scouting work and showed great powers of leadership during operations.' Paul Joseph McGinness was born in Framlingham, Victoria on 4 February, 1896. He attended St Patrick's College in Ballarat and at age 18 enlisted in the A.I.F. with the 8th Light Horse. He was one of the few survivors to take part in the ill-fated charge at the Nek at Gallipoli and was later awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) for action against the Turkish Army at Jifjafa in 1916. The success of this mission was particularly significant as it proved to the British High Command the effectiveness of the Australian Cavalry in the Middle East. At age 20 McGinness requested a transfer to the Flying Corps. This decision was to shape his future, which he seemed to be well aware of. In a letter he wrote to his mother in 1916 from the Sinai Desert he explained '... You cannot get a commission in the (A.I.F.) Light Horse or Infantry unless you are over 23 years of age. Now in the Flying Corps you can get a commission at 21 and with a DCM to my credit, I should have a good chance. Another reason is that aviation is only in its childhood and, say, if a man had a good deal of experience in it here, after the War he might follow it up in Australia - if not in the military, then perhaps as a profes
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