 Following the end of hostilities , Mackinolty was personally responsible for disposing of surplus equipment up to an original value of £ 500 , and jointly responsible ( with the Business and Finance Members of the Air Board ) for disposing of equipment valued between £ 500 and £ 10 @,@ 000 . His duties as AMSE extended to setting the peacetime meal rations for RAAF personnel . In May 1946 , he joined the Australian Battlefields Memorial Committee , convened to advise the Federal government regarding commemoration of the armed forces for their wartime achievements . Later that year , Mackinolty visited British Commonwealth Occupation Force ( BCOF ) headquarters in Japan , and subsequently arranged for the RAAF to assume responsibility for the supply of spare parts to its air component , British Commonwealth Air Group ( <unk> ) . He was raised to acting air vice @-@ marshal in January 1947 ( substantive in October 1948 ) . By this time , Mackinolty and the Chief of the Air Staff , No. 4 Squadron AFC veteran Air Vice @-@ Marshal George Jones , were the only remaining RAAF officers who had served in both world wars . Other senior commanders and veterans of the Australian Flying Corps had been summarily retired in 1946 , a " purge " that was ostensibly designed to make way for the advancement of younger and equally proficient officers . 
