Squadron Leader Raymond Edward Thorold-Smith

Service number	402144
Ranks Held	Flight Lieutenant, Squadron Leader
Birth Date	1920-01-30
Death Date	1943-03-15
Death Place	Netherlands East Indies: Timor Sea
Final Rank	Squadron Leader
Service	Royal Australian Air Force
Unit	No. 452 Squadron
Place	Timor Sea
Conflict/Operation	Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes	Published in London Gazette in 1941-12-02

Collection items

Date of birth	30 January 1920
Other units	1940	Training Bradfield Park and Narromine, NSW.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	27 March 1940	Aircraftman.
Other units	1940-10	Advanced training - Calgary, Canada.
Other units	1941	No 11 Operational Training Unit.
Other units	1941	No 57 Operational Training Unit.
Date promoted	17 January 1941	Pilot officer.
Other units	21 April 1941	No 452 Squadron.
Date promoted	17 July 1941	Flying officer.
Other units	18 March 1942	Commanding Officer No 452 Squadron.
Date promoted	1943	Acting squadron leader.
Date promoted	17 January 1943	Flight lieutenant.
Date of death	15 March 1943