Henry Aloysius Petre, DSO, MC (12 June 1884 – 24 April 1962) was an English solicitor who became Australia's first military aviator and a founding member...
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Edward Petre, 10th Baron Petre (1763–1809) William Henry Francis Petre, 11th Baron Petre (1793–1850) William Bernard Petre, 12th Baron Petre (1817–1884)...
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Henry William Petre (1820 – 3 December 1889) was colonial treasurer of New Munster Province. He was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from...
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Petre is a surname and given name derived from Peter. Notable persons with that name include: Charles Petre Eyre (1817–1902), English Roman Catholic prelate...
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the Englishman Henry Aloysius Petre (1884–1962), who forsook a law career to pursue an interest in aviation. They had no children. Petre was a star at...
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Francis William Petre (27 August 1847 – 10 December 1918), sometimes known as Frank Petre, was a New Zealand-born architect based in Dunedin. He was an...
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parish church for the locality. He was a son of William Henry Francis Petre, 11th Baron Petre and his first wife Frances Charlotte Bedingfeld (1796–1822)...
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Sir William Petre (c. 1505 – 1572) (pronounced Peter) was Secretary of State to three successive Tudor monarchs, namely Kings Henry VIII, Edward VI and...
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the Mesopotamian Half-Flight, or Australian Half-Flight and Captain Henry Petre was appointed commander. The Mesopotamian Half-Flight was formed at the...
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William Henry Francis, 11th Baron Petre (22 January 1793 – 3 July 1850) was an English nobleman, based in Essex. He was the first Baron Petre to take...
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Department's call for pilots to form an aviation school. Along with Henry Petre, he established Australia's first air base at Point Cook, Victoria, and...
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single-seat tractor monoplanes. Soon afterward, two pilots were appointed: Henry Petre (6 August) and Eric Harrison (11 August). On 22 September 1912, the Minister...
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SPAD S.XVIII SPAD S.XIX SPAD S.XX Etienne Dormoy Frederick Koolhoven Henry Petre - Deperdussin flying school, Brooklands John Cyril Porte - British Deperdussin...
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Pégoud (pioneer aviator) Henry Petre (flying instructor, aircraft designer and Australia's first military aviator) Kay Petre (racing driver) Rex Pierson...
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military flying course at Central Flying School, run by Lieutenants Henry Petre and Eric Harrison. After soloing in a Bristol Boxkite around the airfield...
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May – Claude Dornier, German aircraft designer (died 1969) 12 June – Henry Petre, English solicitor and pioneer Australian military aviator (died 1962)...
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children; Maria Juliana Petre (c. 1787-27 January 1824) Juliana Anne Petre (c. 1791-5 June 1862) William Henry Francis Petre, 11th Baron Petre (22 January 1793...
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district swiftly with his peers William Vavasour, William Molesworth and Henry Petre, with the purpose of prospecting for grazing. It is understood that in...
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Dictionary of Biography, 1983. Retrieved 2014-07-18. Garrisson, A.D., "Petre, Henry Aloysius (1884–1962)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1988. Retrieved...
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Digby Victor Austin Bruce (born 8 April 1897 – 1978) m. 1926 Mildred Mary Petre, known as Mrs Victor Bruce (10 November 1895 – 21 May 1990) record-breaking...
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of New Zealand. Henry Petre farmed the area in the 1840s and named the area after the Duke of Bedford's estate, Woburn Abbey. Petre's farm was later taken...
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Henry Petre, an Englishman, and Eric Harrison, an Australian, were selected and commissioned as lieutenants in the Australian Military Forces. Petre arrived...
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daughter of Henry Witham of Cliffe, Yorkshire. Among his sisters was Maria Howard, the second wife of Hon. George William Petre (son of Robert Petre, 9th Baron...
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Mount St Mary's College (category Henry Clutton buildings)
servant Steve Perez, entrepreneur and rally driver Francis Petre, New Zealand architect Henry Petre DSO MC, solicitor and founding member of the Australian...
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Buckenham Tofts passed to the Petre family. Buckenham Tofts descended by marriage to the Roman Catholic Robert Petre, 9th Baron Petre (1742–1801), husband of...
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unit therefore became known as the Mesopotamian Half-Flight and Captain Henry Petre was appointed commander. The AFC contingent sailed for Bombay, and on...
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Robert Petre, 7th Baron Petre (1689 – 22 March 1713) was a British peer, the son of Thomas Petre, 6th Baron Petre (1633–1706) and his wife Mary Clifton...
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Elizabeth Somerset and Katherine Somerset, to Sir Henry Guildford and William Petre, 2nd Baron Petre respectively. Prothalamion is written in the conventional...
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attached to 30 Squadron. For several months the Half-Flight, under Captain Henry Petre, and equipped with a mixture of Farman Shorthorns, Farman Longhorns and...
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the youngest of the five children of Lieutenant-Colonel Oswald Henry Philip Turville-Petre (1862–1941) and Margaret Lucy Cave (1875–1954). The family belonged...
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