Jack Napier Davenport AC DSO DFC GM (9 June 1920 – 2 January 1996) was an Australian air force officer and business executive.
[1] After joining the Citizen Military Force, Davenport was posted to the 30th Battalion (New South Wales Scottish Regiment) in 1939.
18 Group RAF headquarters in Dunfermline in Scotland to plan anti-shipping operations, after which he was ordered by Coastal Command to assess the effectiveness of its attacks in parts of Europe such as Norway.
[6] During his service overseas, Davenport married Sheila McDavid at St Cuthbert's Church in Saltcoats in Scotland on 8 January 1944.
[1] Following his service with the air force, Davenport was offered an executive position with Concrete Industries (Monier) Ltd.[1] He oversaw the company's successful expansion into overseas operations and served as managing director from 1970 to 1982.
[1] There are two portraits Davenport housed in the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, by artists Dennis Adams and Harold Freeman.