Major Roderic Stanley Dallas, D.S.O., D.S.C. (and bar). R.A.F, (late R.N.A.S.), aged 25, who was recently killed in an aerial combat abroad, was the son of Mr. Dallas, of Taranga, Queensland, Australia. At the beginning of the war he obtained a commission in the Australian Army, and afterwards obtained permission to take up flying. Joining the R.N.A.S. on June 25, 1915, he quickly became an efficient pilot, and proceeded on active duty on the Belgian at the end of November that year. As a scout pilot he was with the R.N.A.S. squadrons cooperating with the French at Verdun, and afterwards with the R.N.A.S. squadrons attached to the army at the Somme. He gained the D.S.C. and the Croix de Guerre for his work on the Belgian coast and with the French, and the bar to the D.S.C. whilst attached to the army. He was also awarded the D.S.O., and was several times mentioned in dispatches. Major Dallas was officially credited with having destroyed 39 enemy machines, more than half of which where destroyed by him while he was in command of an R.N.A.S. squadron.

Captain Robert Alexander Little, D.S.O. (and bar), D.S.C. (and bar), R.A.F. (late R.N.A.S.) aged 22, who was also recently killed abroad in an aerial combat at night, was the son of Mr. R. Little, 263, College St, Melbourne, Australia. He joined the R.N.A.S. in January, 1916, and proceeded on active service on the Belgian coast in June of that year. Afterwards he went with the R.N.A.S. squadrons cooperating with the army on the Somme, and soon established himself as a fearless fighting pilot. He was officially credited with having destroyed 47 enemy machines, and was awarded the D.S.O. (and bar), D.S.C. (and bar), and the Croix de Guerre. At the time of his death he held the "record" among pilots of the R.N.A.S. for enemy machines destroyed. His entire lack of fear was well evidenced at Dover immediately before crossing to France. An R.A.F. pilot flew into Dover cliffs on a foggy day and crashed. Captain Little scaled down the cliffs and rescued the pilot.




Article sourced from the London Times June 1918 courtesy of Andrew Smith.