Flight Lieutenant Laurie Raymond Jones

Service number 421224
Birth Date 24/05/1922
Birth Place New Zealand: North Island, Auckland
Death Date 21/07/2014
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Ballina
Final Rank Flight Lieutenant
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Unit No. 160 Squadron (RAF)
Places
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Flight Lieutenant Laurie Raymond Jones enlisted to the Royal Australian Air Force on 31 January 1942, after previously serving with the Citizen Military Forces. He trained as a pilot in Canada as part of the Empire Air Training Scheme, and went on to serve in the Caribbean. Flight Lieutenant Jones later transferred to 160 Squadron and served in India and Ceylon. On 30 October 1945, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for completion of an outstanding tour of operational missions. Flight Lieutenant Jones was discharged on 2 January 1946.

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Date of birth 24/05/1922
Date of enlistment 31/01/1942
Date of discharge 02/01/1946
Date of death 21/07/2014