WELL-KNOWN IN DISTRICT.

Chronicle (Levin), 10 August 1948, Page 5

WELL-KNOWN IN DISTRICT.

f ! Cornmanrler MacLeoil was born iii Puketapu in 1908, the son of Mr. ancl . Mrs. M. A. MaeLeod, of Feilding. ±if was educated at the Feilding Agricul-tui-al High' School and vvorked at, Bortluvick's freezing woyks. Prior ti . becoming ai,salesm.an fpr: tfiel Ihteina [ tional Harvestei' Co.,? lie was a s'ii'ftre t milker. In 1930 he married Miss Myrt;'* Linklater-. Commander MaeLeod gain ed his initial flying experience wit the Milson Aero-Club, joiniug tlu Union Airways in 1934 to become otu • of the serVice.'g* original pilots. He Imt 110 overseas experience, being retaim*( by tlie organisation to maintain essen tial civilian services during the wai' ancl had 10,400 flving hours>-to his cred it. He was also a first class golfer and a popular member of tlie Manawatu GoP Glub. He is survived by his widow, his daughter Ilelen, aged 15, and a son Malcolm, aged 11. Commancler Makgill rjoinekf' Cook ■Strait Airways in 1937 and ■ reniaineo with the companv nfitil th&! oa^l)]ieak o( ; war. His wife lives in Collin'gwooct i. Street, Nelson. He joined the R.A.F. in 1929, transferring on the out break ot war from the Reserve of Offlcers to * the R.N.Z.A.F. He was chief naviga- ' tion iustructor and chief flying instru - Itor on the operational training unit +'> Ifiving boats .and was awarded the Air ! Force Cross in January, 1945. - -