Blake Pelly

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title: "Blake Pelly" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1907-births", "1990-deaths", "australian-aviators", "royal-australian-air-force-personnel-of-world-war-ii", "liberal-party-of-australia-members-of-the-parliament-of-new-south-wales", "members-of-the-new-south-wales-legislative-assembly", "officers-of-the-order-of-the-british-empire", "royal-australian-air-force-officers", "20th-century-australian-politicians", "people-from-buckley,-flintshire", "military-personnel-from-flintshire"] description: "Australian politician" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Pelly" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Australian politician ::

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Field	Value
name	Blake Pelly
honorific_suffix
image	File:Blake Pelly in 1941.jpg
alt	Black and white headshot of a man wearing an open-collared shirt
caption	Blake Pelly in 1941
constituency_AM	Wollondilly
assembly	New South Wales Legislative
term_start	23 January 1950
term_end	19 September 1957
predecessor	Jeff Bate
successor	Tom Lewis
birth_date
birth_place	Buckley, Flintshire, Wales
death_date
death_place	Sydney, Australia
party	Liberal Party
alma_mater	Emmanuel College, Cambridge
allegiance	Australia
branch	Royal Australian Air Force
serviceyears	1937–1946
rank	Group Captain
commands	No. 451 Squadron RAAF (1941)
No. 60 Squadron RAAF (1942)
No. 73 Wing RAAF (1943)
battles	Second World War
mawards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in Despatches
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| name = Blake Pelly | honorific_suffix = | image = File:Blake Pelly in 1941.jpg | alt = Black and white headshot of a man wearing an open-collared shirt | caption = Blake Pelly in 1941 | constituency_AM = Wollondilly | assembly = New South Wales Legislative | term_start = 23 January 1950 | term_end = 19 September 1957 | predecessor = Jeff Bate | successor = Tom Lewis | birth_date = | birth_place = Buckley, Flintshire, Wales | death_date = | death_place = Sydney, Australia | resting_place= | nationality = | party = Liberal Party | spouse = | relations = | alma_mater = Emmanuel College, Cambridge | awards = | nickname = | allegiance = Australia | branch = Royal Australian Air Force | serviceyears= 1937–1946 | rank = Group Captain | unit = | commands = No. 451 Squadron RAAF (1941) No. 60 Squadron RAAF (1942) No. 73 Wing RAAF (1943) | battles = Second World War | mawards = Officer of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in Despatches Blake Raymond Pelly, (31 May 1907 – 16 October 1990) was an Australian air force officer, politician and businessman, who represented the Liberal Party in New South Wales Parliament.

Before and during the Second World War Pelly served in the Royal Australian Air Force, rising to the rank of group captain and serving as director of Operations Royal Australian Air Force Headquarters 1945–1946. He was mentioned in despatches on 24 September 1941 and, on 16 June 1944, was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for distinguished service and efficiency in the south-west Pacific area.

Pelly represented the electoral district of Wollondilly from 1950 to 1957.

After retiring Pelly was chairman of directors of Rio Tinto (Australia) Limited, Hammersley Iron Pty Limited, Zinc Corporation Limited, Merchant Bills Corporation; chairman of directors of Unity Life Assurance Limited from 1959, Sun Alliance Insurance Limited from 1972, deputy chairman of Universities Board in 1967, and a member of Higher Education Board in 1976.

References

| before=Jeff Bate | after=Tom Lewis | years=1950–1957}}

References

1. "Commonwealth biplane fighter aces – Blake Pelly".
2. "Mr Blake Raymond Pelly".

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