COBBY, Captain Arthur Henry DFC; No 4 Sqn AFC; Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 23, 12 February 1919, London Gazette 21 September 1918. (1) & (2) An officer whose success as a leader is due not only to high courage and brilliant flying, but also due to the clear judgement and presence of mind he invariably displays. He is of great value to the other pilots in his squadron. During recent operations he shot down five machines in eleven days, accounting for two in one day.

COBBY, Captain Arthur Henry DFC; No 4 Sqn AFC; Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 23, 12 December 1919, London Gazette 21 September 1918. (Second Bar to DFC) One evening, this officer in company with another machine attacked five Pfaltz scouts, detroying two, one fell I flames and one broke up in the air. The officer who accompanied him brought down a third machine out of control. While engaged in this combat they were attacked from above by five triplanes. Displaying cool judgement and brilliant flying, Captain Cobby evaded this attack and returned to our lines in safety, both machines being undamaged. A determined and most skilful leader, who has destroyed twenty-one hostile machines or balloons, accounting for three machines and two balloons in four days.

JONES, Major Allen Murray MC DFC; No 2 Sqn AFC; Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 12, 12 February 1919, London Gazette 8 February 1919. By his keenness and enthusiasm, Major Jones has inspired his squadron with a fine spirit of emulation and raised it to a high standard of efficiency. On 10th November he lead his whole squadron on a low bombing raid against an enemy railway station. Descending to 100 feet, he remained at this low altitude till all his machines had completed the attack, though subjected to very heavy fire from machine guns. Owing to the steady deliberation of the attack, very serious damage was inflicted on the trains and rolling stock.

MANUEL, Captain Roby Lewis DFC; No 2 Sqn AFC; Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 23, 12 February 1919, London Gazette 3 December 1918. On many occasions, this officer has led his patrol with exceptional ability and courage, notably on the 16th of September, when, with a patrol of eleven machines, he engaged fifteen hostile aircraft. By skilful manoeuvre, he completely defeated the enemy in a combat that lasted only twenty minutes, at the expiration of which period only four hostile machines remained in the air, and these retired. Six of their machines were seen to fall in a manner that would justify the supposition that they would crash.

McCLOUGHRY, Captain Edgar James DFC; No 4 Sqn AFC; London Gazette 21 September 1918. No citation available.

SMITH, Captain Ross Macpherson MC DFC; No 1 Sqn AFC; Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 23, 12 December 1919, London Gazette 8 February 1919. During the operations prior to October 1918, he took part in numerous engagements involving flights of 150 and 200 miles, and succeeded in doing extensive damage to the enemy's hangers, railways, etc. Captain Smith displayed most consistent gallantry with marked ability in all his work, whether bombing by night or day or in personal encounters in the air. Whilst operating with the Sheriffian forces he destroyed one enemy machine and brought down two others out of control in the desert.

SMITH, Captain Ross Macpherson MC DFC; No 1 Sqn AFC; Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 23, 12 December 1919, London Gazette 8 February 1919. (Second Bar to DFC) On 19th October, this officer with Lieutenant AV McCann as observer engaged and drove down an enemy two seater. As it appeared to land intact, he descended to a low altitude and, with machine gun fire, forced the occupants to abandon the machine. He then landed alongside it, and while his observer covered the enemy officers, he set light to their machine and completely destroyed it. To have effected a landing in unknown country, many, many miles in the rear of the enemy's advanced troops demanded courage and skill of a very high order.