The following is the list of World War I aces from Australia.
 During the war Australian pilots served in a range of units in the Australian Flying Corps (AFC) and in the British Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and later the Royal Air Force (RAF).
 Australia was the only Dominion to have its own independent air arm during the war.
 Pilots were considered to be "aces" after they had shot down five or more enemy aircraft; 81 Australians are believed to have achieved this feat, with the highest scorer being Robert Alexander Little, who is credited with 47 air victories.
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Forster Dickson, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (24 September 1898 – 12 September 1987) was a Royal Naval Air Service aviator during the First World War, a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the inter-war years and a Royal Air Force commander during and after the Second World War.
 Dickson was Chief of the Air Staff in the mid-1950s, in which role his main preoccupation was the establishment of the V Force and the necessary supporting weapons, airfields and personnel.
 He also served as the first Chief of the Defence Staff in the late 1950s.
The Port Victoria P.V.5 was a British single-engined floatplane fighter aircraft of the First World War.
 A single example was built and flown at the Royal Naval Air Service's Port Victoria Marine Experimental Aircraft Depot on the Isle of Grain in 1917.
 Despite demonstrating good manoeuvrability and handling, no production followed, with the Royal Naval Air Service instead using landplanes for the fighter role.
Many aircraft types have served in the British Royal Air Force since its formation in April 1918 from the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service.
 This is a list of RAF aircraft, including all currently active and retired types listed in alphabetic order by their RAF type name.
 For just those aircraft currently in service, see List of active United Kingdom military aircraft.
 Aircraft operated with the Fleet Air Arm from 1924 until 1939 were operated by the Royal Air Force on behalf of the Navy and are included but not those operated by the Royal Navy after it re-acquired control of the aircraft used to support its operations in 1939 are not, but all aircraft operated in conjunction with the Navy are listed at List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm.
 Army Air Corps aircraft are not included but can be found at List of aircraft of the Army Air Corps.
The Royal Naval Auxiliary Service (R.N.X.S) was a uniformed, unarmed, civilian volunteer service, administered and trained by the Royal Navy to operate in the ports and anchorages of the UK in an Emergency.
 Although the abbreviated title would logically have been R.N.A.S. this abbreviation had long been taken by the various Royal Naval Air Stations, so R.N.X.S. it was.
 It maintained training units, and vessels at most major ports in the UK.
 and was formed in 1963 from the amalgamation of the Royal Naval Mine-watching Service (R.N.M.W.S.) and Admiralty Ferry Crew Association in response to the perceived nuclear threat to British ports.
 The service was disbanded on 31 March 1994 due to Ministry of Defence (MOD) cuts.
 Most vessels from its fleet were transferred to the Royal Navy or sold, with the exception of XSV Loyal Volunteer ,she was struck by a RO-RO Ferry while berthed in Ipswich Harbor and was later scrapped.
 The brief history of the R.N.X.S. is very well described in John Murray's book, 'The Royal Naval Auxiliary Service - the first twenty-five years', published by Maritime Books in 1988.
This is a list of aircraft used by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) from 13 April 1912, when it was formed from the Air Battalion Royal Engineers, until 1 April 1918 when it was merged with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) to form the Royal Air Force (RAF).
 The RFC operated in parallel with the RNAS, whose aircraft are listed at List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service.
 For a list of Royal Air Force aircraft see List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force.
Sir William Ashbee Tritton, JP, (19 June 1875 – 24 September 1946) was a British expert in agricultural machinery, and was directly involved, together with Major Walter Gordon Wilson, in the development of the tank.
 Early in the First World War he was asked to produce tractors for moving heavy howitzers, the result being eventually the first tanks.
The first involvement Australia had with naval aviation was in 1911, when an Australian-born Royal Navy officer became one of the first four naval officers to receive pilot qualifications.
 During World War I, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) experienced several forms of airborne operation, with HMAS "Brisbane" operating a seaplane, while HMA Ships "Sydney" and "Australia" were used for experiments with aircraft launch platforms.
 An aircraft embarked aboard "Sydney" was also involved in one of the first naval air battles.
 Several Australians also flew as part of the Royal Naval Air Service.
Major Walter Gordon Wilson CMG (1874–1957) was a mechanical engineer, inventor and member of the British Royal Naval Air Service.
 He was credited by the 1919 Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors as the co-inventor of the tank, along with Sir William Tritton.
No. 209 Squadron of the British Royal Air Force was originally formed from a nucleus of "Naval Eight" on 1 February 1917 at Saint-Pol-sur-Mer, France, as No. 9 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and saw active service in both World Wars, the Korean War and in Malaya.
 The use of the squadron number ceased in 1968 and has not been reused since by an RAF squadron.

Question: What mechanical engineer, inventor and member of the British Royal Naval Air Service, was involved, along with Sir William Ashbee Tritton, in the development of the tank?.
Answer: Walter Gordon Wilson