Read the bio below and try to give details on jerry pentland 's: - commands - birth date - branch - alt - caption - death date - awards - serviceyears - unit - name - laterwork - death place - birth place - battles - allegiance - nickname - image - rank Bio: alexander augustus norman dudley pentland , mc , dfc , afc -lrb- 5 august 1894 -- 3 november 1983 -rrb- , known as '' jerry '' pentland , was an australian fighter ace in world war i. born in maitland , new south wales , he commenced service as a lighthorseman with the australian imperial force in 1915 , and saw action at gallipoli . he transferred to the royal flying corps the following year , rising to captain . credited with twenty-three aerial victories , pentland became the fifth highest-scoring australian ace of the war , after robert little , stan dallas , harry cobby and roy king . he was awarded the military cross in january 1918 for '' conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty '' on a mission attacking an aerodrome behind enemy lines , and the distinguished flying cross that august for engaging four hostile aircraft single-handedly . pentland served in the fledgling royal australian air force -lrb- raaf -rrb- , and later the royal air force , before going into business in 1927 . his ventures included commercial flying around the goldfields of new guinea , aircraft design and manufacture , flight instruction , and charter work . in the early 1930s , he was employed as a pilot with australian national airways , and also spent time as a dairy farmer . soon after the outbreak of world war ii , he re-enlisted in the raaf , attaining the rank of squadron leader and commanding rescue and communications units in the south west pacific . perhaps the oldest operational pilot in the wartime raaf , pentland was responsible for rescuing airmen , soldiers and civilians , and earned the air force cross for his '' outstanding courage , initiative and skill '' . he became a trader in new guinea when the war ended in 1945 , and later a coffee planter . retiring in 1959 , he died in 1983 at the age of eighty-nine .
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- commands is no. 43 -rrb- 1 rescue and communication flight -lrb- 1942 --- birth date is 5 august 1894- branch is australian flying corps -lrb- 1916 -- 18 -rrb- royal air force imperial -lrb- 1918 , 1923 -- 26 -rrb- royal australian air force force -lrb- 1921 -- 23 , 1940 -- 45 -rrb- -lrb- 1915 -- 16 -rrb- royal- alt is informal wide-brimmed hat , crouching on one knee portrait of man in light-coloured military uniform with- caption is squadron leader pentland in new guinea , c. 1943- death date is 3 november 1983- awards is military cross distinguished flying cross air force cross- serviceyears is 1915 -- 18 1921 -- 26 1940 -- 45- unit is 12th 19 squadron rfc -lrb- 1916 -- 17 -rrb- no. 87 light squadron raf -lrb- 1918 -rrb- horse -lrb- 1915 -- 16 -rrb- no.- name is alexander augustus norman dudley pentland- laterwork is businessman commercial pilot and instructor- death place is collaroy , new south wales- birth place is maitland , new south wales- battles is world war i world war ii- allegiance is australia- nickname is '' jerry ''- image is og2029pentland1943.jpg- rank is squadron leader