Jeffrey Howard HOLMES

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Service Numbers:	429054, NX166556
Enlisted:	30 July 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional - New South Wales, Australia, 23 March 1924
Home Town:	Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Belgium near German border, Germany, 2 March 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Hotton War Cemetery Plot VIII Row A. Grave 1. Local Roll of Honour- Mudgee NSW, Hotton War Cemetery, Hotton, Wallonie, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Mudgee District Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Mudgee Memorial Clock Tower, Mudgee WW2 Honour Roll

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 429054
30 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX166556
22 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 429054
22 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 429054, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
23 Sep 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
13 Oct 1943:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 429054, Emb. Sydney for United Kingdom
23 Mar 1944:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer
30 Nov 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 429054, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
1 Jan 1945:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)

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