 and Agriculture Organization is " European lobster " , but the species is also widely known as the " common lobster " .   = Frank Headlam =   Air Vice Marshal Frank Headlam , CB , CBE ( 15 July 1914 – 23 December 1976 ) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) . Born and educated in Tasmania , he joined the RAAF as an air cadet in January 1934 . He specialised in flying instruction and navigation before the outbreak of World War II . In April 1941 , he became commanding officer of No. 2 Squadron , which operated Lockheed Hudsons . The squadron was deployed to Dutch Timor in December , and saw action against Japanese forces in the South West Pacific . After returning to Australia in February 1942 , Headlam held staff appointments and training commands , finishing the war a group captain .   Headlam served as Officer Commanding North @-@ Western Area in 1946 , and as Director of Training from 1947 to 1950 . In 1950 – 51 , during the Malayan Emergency , he was stationed at Singapore as commander of No. 90 ( Composite ) Wing and , later , RAF Tengah . He twice served as acting Air Member for Personnel , in 1957 and 1959 – 60 , receiving appointment as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1958 . Promoted air vice marshal , he successively held the positions of Air Officer Commanding ( AOC ) Operational Command in 1961 – 62 , AOC No. 224 Group RAF from 1962 to 1965 during the Indonesia – Malaysia Konfrontasi , Deputy Chief of the Air Staff in 1965 – 66 , and AOC Support Command in 1966 – 67 . He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1965 . Following a posting to London as Head of the Australian Joint Services Staff from 1968 to 1971 , he retired from the Air Force and died in Melbourne five years later .   = = Early career = =   The son of farmers Malcolm and Hilda Headlam , Frank Headlam was born on 15 July 1914 in Launceston , Tasmania . He was schooled at Clemes College , Hobart , and matriculated in 1932 . Against the wishes of his parents he joined the Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) as an air cadet on 16 January 1934 . He underwent flying instruction with No. 1 Flying Training School ( FTS ) at RAAF Point Cook , Victoria , and was commissioned as a pilot officer on 1 January 1935 .   After completing a conversion course , Headlam was assigned to the Seaplane Squadron at Point Cook . No larger than a flight according to the official history of the pre @-@ war RAAF , Seaplane Squadron was part of No. 1 FTS and operated Supermarine Southampton flying boats and de Havilland Gipsy Moth floatplanes , among other types . During this posting Headlam was promoted to flying officer , on 1 July 1935 , and wrote a paper on national defence in which he suggested that with " strong air forces , naval forces ( including submarines ) , and fixed defences , Australia may be made practically invulnerable " . According to Air Force historian Alan Stephens , this paper " in effect , defined the ' anti @-@ lodgment ' concept which has been a persistent feature of RAAF strategic thinking " .   Headlam completed a flying instructors course in July 1936 and joined the staff of No. 1 FTS . He was promoted to flight lieutenant on 1 March 1937 . Commencing in July 1938 , he was one of six students to take part in the RAAF 's first Long Specialist Navigation Course , run by Flight Lieutenants Bill Garing and Alister Murdoch at Point Cook . The course involved several epic training flights that attracted considerable media attention , including a twelve @-@ day , 10 @,@ 800 @-@ kilometre ( 6 @,@ 700 mi ) round @-@ Australia trip by three Avro Ansons , one of which was piloted by Headlam , in November . The following month , Headlam led the three Ansons on a six @-@ day journey back and forth over Central Australia . He subsequently passed the navigation course with a special distinction . On 27 January 1939 he was posted to RAAF Station Laverton , Victoria , as a flight commander . He served initially with No. 2 Squadron , before transferring to No. 1 Squadron on 29 August . Both units operated Ansons .   = = World War II = =   Following the outbreak of World War II , No. 1 Squadron was engaged in convoy escort and maritime reconnaissance duties off south @-@ eastern Australia . Headlam continued to serve with the squadron as a flight commander until 15 January 1940 , when he was assigned to Headquarters Laverton as the station navigation officer . On 27 March he was posted to the staff of RAAF Headquarters , Melbourne . He was promoted to squadron leader on 1 June 1940 . Two weeks later he married Katherine Bridge at St Paul 's Anglican Church in Frankston ; the couple would have a son and a daughter
Ġand ĠAgriculture ĠOrganization Ġis Ġ" ĠEuropean Ġlobster Ġ" Ġ, Ġbut Ġthe Ġspecies Ġis Ġalso Ġwidely Ġknown Ġas Ġthe Ġ" Ġcommon Ġlobster Ġ" Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= ĠFrank ĠHead lam Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠAir ĠVice ĠMarshal ĠFrank ĠHead lam Ġ, ĠCB Ġ, ĠCB E Ġ( Ġ15 ĠJuly Ġ1914 ĠâĢĵ Ġ23 ĠDecember Ġ1976 Ġ) Ġwas Ġa Ġsenior Ġcommander Ġin Ġthe ĠRoyal ĠAustralian ĠAir ĠForce Ġ( ĠR AAF Ġ) Ġ. ĠBorn Ġand Ġeducated Ġin ĠTasmania Ġ, Ġhe Ġjoined Ġthe ĠR AAF Ġas Ġan Ġair Ġcad et Ġin ĠJanuary Ġ1934 Ġ. ĠHe Ġspecial ised Ġin Ġflying Ġinstruction Ġand Ġnavigation Ġbefore Ġthe Ġoutbreak Ġof ĠWorld ĠWar ĠII Ġ. ĠIn ĠApril Ġ1941 Ġ, Ġhe Ġbecame Ġcommanding Ġofficer Ġof ĠNo . Ġ2 ĠSquadron Ġ, Ġwhich Ġoperated ĠLockheed ĠHud s ons Ġ. ĠThe Ġsquadron Ġwas Ġdeployed Ġto ĠDutch ĠTim or Ġin ĠDecember Ġ, Ġand Ġsaw Ġaction Ġagainst ĠJapanese Ġforces Ġin Ġthe ĠSouth ĠWest ĠPacific Ġ. ĠAfter Ġreturning Ġto ĠAustralia Ġin ĠFebruary Ġ1942 Ġ, ĠHead lam Ġheld Ġstaff Ġappointments Ġand Ġtraining Ġcommands Ġ, Ġfinishing Ġthe Ġwar Ġa Ġgroup Ġcaptain Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠHead lam Ġserved Ġas ĠOfficer ĠCommand ing ĠNorth Ġ@ - @ ĠWestern ĠArea Ġin Ġ1946 Ġ, Ġand Ġas ĠDirector Ġof ĠTraining Ġfrom Ġ1947 Ġto Ġ1950 Ġ. ĠIn Ġ1950 ĠâĢĵ Ġ51 Ġ, Ġduring Ġthe ĠMal ayan ĠEmergency Ġ, Ġhe Ġwas Ġstationed Ġat ĠSingapore Ġas Ġcommander Ġof ĠNo . Ġ90 Ġ( ĠComposite Ġ) ĠWing Ġand Ġ, Ġlater Ġ, ĠRAF ĠT eng ah Ġ. ĠHe Ġtwice Ġserved Ġas Ġacting ĠAir ĠMember Ġfor ĠPersonnel Ġ, Ġin Ġ1957 Ġand Ġ1959 ĠâĢĵ Ġ60 Ġ, Ġreceiving Ġappointment Ġas Ġa ĠCommander Ġof Ġthe ĠOrder Ġof Ġthe ĠBritish ĠEmpire Ġin Ġ1958 Ġ. ĠProm oted Ġair Ġvice Ġmarsh al Ġ, Ġhe Ġsuccess ively Ġheld Ġthe Ġpositions Ġof ĠAir ĠOfficer ĠCommand ing Ġ( ĠA OC Ġ) ĠOper ational ĠCommand Ġin Ġ1961 ĠâĢĵ Ġ62 Ġ, ĠA OC ĠNo . Ġ224 ĠGroup ĠRAF Ġfrom Ġ1962 Ġto Ġ1965 Ġduring Ġthe ĠIndonesia ĠâĢĵ ĠMalaysia ĠKon front asi Ġ, ĠDeputy ĠChief Ġof Ġthe ĠAir ĠStaff Ġin Ġ1965 ĠâĢĵ Ġ66 Ġ, Ġand ĠA OC ĠSupport ĠCommand Ġin Ġ1966 ĠâĢĵ Ġ67 Ġ. ĠHe Ġwas Ġappointed Ġa ĠCompanion Ġof Ġthe ĠOrder Ġof Ġthe ĠBath Ġin Ġ1965 Ġ. ĠFollowing Ġa Ġposting Ġto ĠLondon Ġas ĠHead Ġof Ġthe ĠAustralian ĠJoint ĠServices ĠStaff Ġfrom Ġ1968 Ġto Ġ1971 Ġ, Ġhe Ġretired Ġfrom Ġthe ĠAir ĠForce Ġand Ġdied Ġin ĠMelbourne Ġfive Ġyears Ġlater Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠEarly Ġcareer Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġson Ġof Ġfarmers ĠMalcolm Ġand ĠH ilda ĠHead lam Ġ, ĠFrank ĠHead lam Ġwas Ġborn Ġon Ġ15 ĠJuly Ġ1914 Ġin ĠLaun cest on Ġ, ĠTasmania Ġ. ĠHe Ġwas Ġschool ed Ġat ĠCle mes ĠCollege Ġ, ĠHob art Ġ, Ġand Ġmat ric ulated Ġin Ġ1932 Ġ. ĠAgainst Ġthe Ġwishes Ġof Ġhis Ġparents Ġhe Ġjoined Ġthe ĠRoyal ĠAustralian ĠAir ĠForce Ġ( ĠR AAF Ġ) Ġas Ġan Ġair Ġcad et Ġon Ġ16 ĠJanuary Ġ1934 Ġ. ĠHe Ġunderwent Ġflying Ġinstruction Ġwith ĠNo . Ġ1 ĠFlying ĠTraining ĠSchool Ġ( ĠF TS Ġ) Ġat ĠR AAF ĠPoint ĠCook Ġ, ĠVictoria Ġ, Ġand Ġwas Ġcommissioned Ġas Ġa Ġpilot Ġofficer Ġon Ġ1 ĠJanuary Ġ1935 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠAfter Ġcompleting Ġa Ġconversion Ġcourse Ġ, ĠHead lam Ġwas Ġassigned Ġto Ġthe ĠSea plane ĠSquadron Ġat ĠPoint ĠCook Ġ. ĠNo Ġlarger Ġthan Ġa Ġflight Ġaccording Ġto Ġthe Ġofficial Ġhistory Ġof Ġthe Ġpre Ġ@ - @ Ġwar ĠR AAF Ġ, ĠSea plane ĠSquadron Ġwas Ġpart Ġof ĠNo . Ġ1 ĠF TS Ġand Ġoperated ĠSuper marine ĠSouthampton Ġflying Ġboats Ġand Ġde ĠHav ill and ĠG ip sy ĠM oth Ġfloat planes Ġ, Ġamong Ġother Ġtypes Ġ. ĠDuring Ġthis Ġposting ĠHead lam Ġwas Ġpromoted Ġto Ġflying Ġofficer Ġ, Ġon Ġ1 ĠJuly Ġ1935 Ġ, Ġand Ġwrote Ġa Ġpaper Ġon Ġnational Ġdefence Ġin Ġwhich Ġhe Ġsuggested Ġthat Ġwith Ġ" Ġstrong Ġair Ġforces Ġ, Ġnaval Ġforces Ġ( Ġincluding Ġsubmarines Ġ) Ġ, Ġand Ġfixed Ġdefences Ġ, ĠAustralia Ġmay Ġbe Ġmade Ġpractically Ġinv ulnerable Ġ" Ġ. ĠAccording Ġto ĠAir ĠForce Ġhistorian ĠAlan ĠStephens Ġ, Ġthis Ġpaper Ġ" Ġin Ġeffect Ġ, Ġdefined Ġthe Ġ' Ġanti Ġ@ - @ Ġlod gment Ġ' Ġconcept Ġwhich Ġhas Ġbeen Ġa Ġpersistent Ġfeature Ġof ĠR AAF Ġstrategic Ġthinking Ġ" Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠHead lam Ġcompleted Ġa Ġflying Ġinstructors Ġcourse Ġin ĠJuly Ġ1936 Ġand Ġjoined Ġthe Ġstaff Ġof ĠNo . Ġ1 ĠF TS Ġ. ĠHe Ġwas Ġpromoted Ġto Ġflight Ġlieutenant Ġon Ġ1 ĠMarch Ġ1937 Ġ. ĠComm encing Ġin ĠJuly Ġ1938 Ġ, Ġhe Ġwas Ġone Ġof Ġsix Ġstudents Ġto Ġtake Ġpart Ġin Ġthe ĠR AAF Ġ' s Ġfirst ĠLong ĠSpecialist ĠNavigation ĠCourse Ġ, Ġrun Ġby ĠFlight ĠLie uten ants ĠBill ĠG aring Ġand ĠAl ister ĠMurdoch Ġat ĠPoint ĠCook Ġ. ĠThe Ġcourse Ġinvolved Ġseveral Ġepic Ġtraining Ġflights Ġthat Ġattracted Ġconsiderable Ġmedia Ġattention Ġ, Ġincluding Ġa Ġtwelve Ġ@ - @ Ġday Ġ, Ġ10 Ġ@ , @ Ġ800 Ġ@ - @ Ġkilomet re Ġ( Ġ6 Ġ@ , @ Ġ700 Ġmi Ġ) Ġround Ġ@ - @ ĠAustralia Ġtrip Ġby Ġthree ĠAv ro ĠAns ons Ġ, Ġone Ġof Ġwhich Ġwas Ġpil oted Ġby ĠHead lam Ġ, Ġin ĠNovember Ġ. ĠThe Ġfollowing Ġmonth Ġ, ĠHead lam Ġled Ġthe Ġthree ĠAns ons Ġon Ġa Ġsix Ġ@ - @ Ġday Ġjourney Ġback Ġand Ġforth Ġover ĠCentral ĠAustralia Ġ. ĠHe Ġsubsequently Ġpassed Ġthe Ġnavigation Ġcourse Ġwith Ġa Ġspecial Ġdistinction Ġ. ĠOn Ġ27 ĠJanuary Ġ1939 Ġhe Ġwas Ġposted Ġto ĠR AAF ĠStation ĠLa ver ton Ġ, ĠVictoria Ġ, Ġas Ġa Ġflight Ġcommander Ġ. ĠHe Ġserved Ġinitially Ġwith ĠNo . Ġ2 ĠSquadron Ġ, Ġbefore Ġtransferring Ġto ĠNo . Ġ1 ĠSquadron Ġon Ġ29 ĠAugust Ġ. ĠBoth Ġunits Ġoperated ĠAns ons Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠWorld ĠWar ĠII Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠFollowing Ġthe Ġoutbreak Ġof ĠWorld ĠWar ĠII Ġ, ĠNo . Ġ1 ĠSquadron Ġwas Ġengaged Ġin Ġconvoy Ġescort Ġand Ġmaritime Ġreconnaissance Ġduties Ġoff Ġsouth Ġ@ - @ Ġeastern ĠAustralia Ġ. ĠHead lam Ġcontinued Ġto Ġserve Ġwith Ġthe Ġsquadron Ġas Ġa Ġflight Ġcommander Ġuntil Ġ15 ĠJanuary Ġ1940 Ġ, Ġwhen Ġhe Ġwas Ġassigned Ġto ĠHeadquarters ĠLa ver ton Ġas Ġthe Ġstation Ġnavigation Ġofficer Ġ. ĠOn Ġ27 ĠMarch Ġhe Ġwas Ġposted Ġto Ġthe Ġstaff Ġof ĠR AAF ĠHeadquarters Ġ, ĠMelbourne Ġ. ĠHe Ġwas Ġpromoted Ġto Ġsquadron Ġleader Ġon Ġ1 ĠJune Ġ1940 Ġ. ĠTwo Ġweeks Ġlater Ġhe Ġmarried ĠKatherine ĠBridge Ġat ĠSt ĠPaul Ġ' s ĠAnglic an ĠChurch Ġin ĠFrank ston Ġ; Ġthe Ġcouple Ġwould Ġhave Ġa Ġson Ġand Ġa Ġdaughter