Archibald Wilson

Archibald Oliver Garfield "Archie" Wilson  (May 1921 – 4 July 2013) was a Rhodesian fighter pilot and politician. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He later became a senior commander and then air marshal in the Rhodesian Air Force in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Wilson was born in Bulawayo (now Zimbabwe). He was of British ancestry. He was married to Lorna. In the early 1980s, he moved to Australia with his wife. They first lived on the Gold Coast in Queensland. He became a citizen in 1988.

Wilson died from natural causes on 4 July 2014 in Pinjarra Hills, Brisbane, aged 93.

References

Other websites
 Archibald Wilson at the Royal Australian Air Force website

Category:1921 births
Category:2014 deaths
Category:Australian military people
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Zimbabwean politicians