Keith John JONES

JONES, Keith John

    Service Number: 70683
    Enlisted: 29 September 1942
    Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
    Last Unit: No. 80 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia, 14 September 1924
    Home Town: Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales
    Schooling: Homebush Boys Junior High School. (3 years)
    Occupation: Shop Assistant
    Died: Ground Battle, Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, 15 July 1944, aged 19 years
    Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
    CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot AA. Row D. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement 70683
    29 Sep 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 70683, No. 80 Squadron (RAAF)
    29 Sep 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 70683

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    5 Airmen from 80SQN were shot by Japanese snipers on Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea, 4 were killed & 1 was seriously injured - LAC Colin Keith Tuohy 48584 - discharged from the RAAF in 1946

    Killed were LAC Keith John Jones 70683 / LAC Ian McGregor Wilson 70714 / LAC Percy Kevin Watterson 77200 / LAC John Anderson Phillips 69659

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