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Herbert Joseph Larkin : ウィキペディア英語版 | Herbert Joseph Larkin
Captain Herbert Joseph Larkin (8 October 1894 – 10 June 1972) was an Australian-born British World War I flying ace credited with 11 confirmed victories. Postwar, he became a pioneering aviator and aircraft manufacturer in his native Australia. He returned to his nation's service for World War II. After that war, he became a human rights advocate and author. ==Early life== Herbert Joseph Larkin was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. His mother, Annie Mary Frances McHugh Larkin, was from Queensland. His father, Herbert Benjamin George Larkin, was from Kent, England. The Larkin patriarch was a clerk for the Australian United Steam Navigation Company until about 1901; he then moved his family to Melbourne. By 1916, he accepted a manager's position with Commonwealth Shipping Line, and would later rise to become Chairman of the Board. Herbert Joseph Larkin was educated at St. Thomas Grammar School in Melbourne. He became a junior clerk for the Union Steam Ship Company.〔 He enlisted in the Signal Troop of the Australian Imperial Force on 19 August 1914. He claimed two years prior experience in the 21st Signal Troop. He designated his next of kin as M. H. Larkin, residing in Saint Kilda, and claimed British citizenship.
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