Talk:Stanley Goble

Rank on return to Australia
I've been adding some referencing to the London Gazette to fill out some more detail on decorations and promotions. I've noticed this entry: MEMORANDA.

Squadron Leader Stanley James Goble, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.S.C., is granted the honorary rank of Wing Commander whilst empld. with the Commonwealth Government of Australia (Royal Australian Navy). 1st Aug. 1919.

which seems to contradict the info currently in the article that he went to Australia as Lieutenant Colonel, and only on creation of the Air Board received the rank of Wing Commander. David Underdown (talk) 09:50, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I see what you mean, however both McArthy (ADB) and Alan Stephens (RAAF historian) say Goble was a Lt Col on return to Oz and Stephens explicitly says he and Williams became Wg Cdrs only on est. of the permanent Air Board in 1920. I'll take another look at everything however when I get a minute in the next day or so. Tks for all your additions. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 02:59, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, I later found this one, from which it appears he did initially go there as an (acting) Lieutenant-Colonel (though it would have been nice if it was more specific about the "special employment". Looking at Major (United Kingdom), it appears the RAF used army-style ranks until 1919-07-31, adopting (essentially) the current rank structure on 1919-08-01 (which potentially fits with the first reference I talked about here), and it perhaps noteworthy he was an honorary, rather than acting Wing Commander.  The circle can perhaps be squared if the rank only became substantive with the creation of the air board, but since he had effectively traded in his RAF commmission for an RAAF one at that stage, no notification appears in the London Gazette, and I don't know if there was an equivalent Australian publication at the time (and without such confirmation we're veering into Original Research, I'm not sure if the status of the London Gazette as primary or secondary source has been discussed within Wikipedia in any case).  David Underdown (talk) 11:13, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Gazette quotes
David and Bryce, I'm thinking we could afford to lose the Gazette quotes in the Notes for the DSC and CBE - aside from being linked, they don't really add to what's in the body of the article. I'm happy to leave the DSO one as it does offer a fair bit that I didn't want to detail in the body, even though one could still argue it's not vital given the link. Let me know what you think. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 10:08, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * No objection, they're not particualrly informative citations as you say. David Underdown (talk) 11:11, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm with you and David; I have no objection. One can just simply click on the link to see Goble's citations and, as you say Ian, they don't really add much to what is in the body already. Cheers, Abraham, B.S. (talk) 05:27, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

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Ace
my understanding is that ten victories is a double ace. But I don't find that terminology anywhere ... "he finished the war an ace, with ten victories". Is that not a common term? Sandy Georgia (Talk)  17:58, 14 December 2020 (UTC)