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JONES, Robert Leonard Frederick

Service Number:	69985
Enlisted:	8 September 1942
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Botany, New South Wales, Australia, 10 August 1924
Home Town:	Drummoyne, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Technical College, Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Trainee Electrical Fitter
Died:	Prisoner of War, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies, 31 March 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 32. Row D. Joint Grave 11-12.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 69985
8 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 69985, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF)
31 Dec 1944:	Imprisoned Captured by the Japanese Occupation Forces on this date when Beaufighter A19-149 crashed in Mt Danap area.
31 Mar 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, No. 30 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45, Executed on or before this date by the Japanese Occupation Forces in the Kakaskasan area North Celebes.

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