Fred Holliday (World War I)

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Fred Parkinson Holliday DSO, MC, AFC (20 February 1888 in Melbourne – 5 March 1980 in Canada) was an Australian fighter pilot and ace of World War I. He shot down 17 German aircraft between his entry into the war and its end, making him the 11th highest-scoring Australian pilot of the war. He served with the RFC and RAF throughout, in the No. 48 Squadron. He was awarded the Military Cross on 26 July 1917 for a particularly successful encounter with five German aircraft, and was later given the Distinguished Service Order. He survived the war and emigrated to Canada, where he died at the age of 92.