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

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Timeline

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