JACKSON, Raymond
| Service Numbers: | 403671, 403671 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia, 23 August 1915 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia, 14 July 2010, aged 94 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Newcastle Herald Funeral Notice: 12 July 2010 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 403671 | |
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| 15 Apr 1941: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 403671, embarked Sydney for UK (attached RAF: ME and UK) | |
| 24 Mar 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, granted a Commission | |
| 14 Aug 1945: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 403671 , embarked Middle East for Adelaide | |
| 2 Nov 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 403671 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Flight Lieutenant Raymond Jackson (Service No:403671) enlisted in the RAAF on 3 February 1941 at No 2 Recruiting Centre Sydney as an Aircraftman II - mustered as Air Crew. Flight Lieutenant Jackson was attached to the RAF, serving in the UK and Middle East from 15 April 1941 to 20 September 1945 (including at Abu Subir, Heliopolis, Almaza and Nicosia), flying Defiant, Hurricane and Spitfire aircraft. Flight Lieutenant Jacson was attached to 259 Wing at Termination of Appointment on 2 November 1945. Older brother Tom served in the AIF in WWII.
Ray was born in Adelong, New South Wales in 1915, youngest of seven children of Arthur George Jackson (b1874 in Craigie, New South Wales) and Lily Dale (b1882 in Brighton, Victoria). Arthur (a Labourer) and Lily (a Housekeeper) married in Gundagai in 1902, and lived there and in Adelong and Tumut before settling in 1930 in Fern Valley in Cardiff via Boolaroo. Arthur worked as a Labourer and Miner.
Ray started work as a Labourer in Cardiff, and was a Gardener in Newcastle in 1940 when he married Ethel Watson (b1917 in Cardiff, New South Wales). Following his Discharge from the RAAF in 1945, Ray and Ethel settled in Cardiff where they raised their family and Ray worked as a Labourer. Ethel died in 2002 and Ray in 2010.
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