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JONES, Edward Austin
Personal Details
Service Number: | 404635 |
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Enlisted: | 11 October 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 29 August 1910 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Prisoner of War, At sea (Nino Bixio), Mediterranean Sea, 17 August 1942, aged 31 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Col 265 |
Memorials: | Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 404635 | |
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11 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 404635 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cherilyn McMeekin
Edward was one of five children. He had a twin sister, Frances Gertrude (1910-1991); she enlisted in the AWAS and was a Captain. His older brothers John and Bernard also served in WWII. His younger brother Henry died in childhood in 1918.