Air Marshal George Jones, KBE, CB, DFC

Date of birth	1896-11-22	Rushworth, VIC.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1914	Enlisted with the AIF.
Date of embarkation	1915-07	Sailed for Eygpt with the 9th Light Horse Regiment.
Other	1915-09	Arrived at Gallipoli.
Other	1916-10	Transferred to Australian Flying Corps.
Other	1916-12	Arrived in France and applied to become a pilot.
Other	1917-11-22	Graduated as a pilot.
Date wounded	1918-03	Wounded.
Date of honour or award	1919-04-05	Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).
Date and unit at appointment (Officers)	1921-08-24	Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force.
Date promoted	1923-07	Promoted to flight lieutenant and and was made a squadron leader.
Other	1926	Transferred to the Flying Training School where he was in charge of stores and an instructor.
Other	1928	Sailed for England to attend the Royal Air Force Staff College.
Date returned to Australia	1930	Appointed in command of the Flying Training Squadron at Point Cook and given the position of Chief Flying Instructor.
Other	1932	Appointed Director of Training at RAAF Headquarters.
Date promoted	1936-01-01	Promoted to wing commander and appointed Director of Personnel Services.
Date of honour or award	1942-01-01	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Date promoted	1942-05	Appointed Chief of Air Staff and promoted to air vice marshal, later air marshal.
Date of honour or award	1943-06-02	Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).
Other	1952	Retired from the RAAF.
Other	1952	Appointed as Director of Coordination with the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation.
Date of honour or award	1953-01-01	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).
Other	1957	Retired as Director of Coordination with the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation.
Date of death	1992-08-24	Melbourne, VIC.