"Petre, Henry Aloysius"@en . . "1884-06-12Z"^^ . "United Kingdom" . "Australia" . "MajorHenry Petre"@en . . . "1962-04-24Z"^^ . "Henry Aloysius Petre, DSO, MC (12 June 1884 \u2013 24 April 1962) was an English solicitor who became Australia's first military aviator, and a founding member of the Australian Flying Corps, predecessor of the Royal Australian Air Force. Born in Essex, he forsook his early legal career to pursue an interest in aviation, building his own aeroplane and gaining employment as a designer and pilot."@en . "1884Z"^^ . . . . "1912Z"^^ . . . "No. 5 Squadron AFC(1917\u201318)" . "\"Peter the Monk\""@en . . . "Aviator,solicitor" . . . "No. 75 Squadron RAF(1918\u201319)" . . . "Henry Aloysius Petre"@en . "Mesopotamian Half Flight(1915)" . . "1962Z"^^ . . . . "Central Flying School(1913\u201315)" . . "No. 30 Squadron RFC(1915\u201316)" .