Letter to Denis Kelly from Air Member for Personnel and caterpillar club card

Letter to Denis Kelly from Air Member for Personnel and caterpillar club card

Letter of appreciation for his service from Air Force Board of the Royal Australian Air Force. At the bottom a Caterpillar club certificate of membership made out to F/O D V Kelly.

1945-09-10

One page handwritten letter and one page printed document.

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ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
AIR BOARD
AIR FORCE HEAD-QUARTERS
ALBERT PARK BARRACKS, S.C.3
SEP 10 1945

My dear Kelly,
On the cessation of your service with the Royal Australian Air Force, I desire to express my appreciation of the Air Board for the valuable services you have performed since you joined the Air Force.
May I take this opportunity to extend the best wishes of the Air Board and myself for the future and express .the hope that your return to civilian life meets with the success that your long and loyal service to your country so richly deserves.
Yours sincerely,
[signature]
Air Commander
Air Member for Personnel
[depiction of Caterpillar Club membership card]