LEST WE FORGET
Second Lieutenant Sydney JONES
Service No: 1577
Born: Normanton QLD, January 1893
Enlisted in the Army: 11 May 1915
Unit: No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Died: Air Operations, France, 15 June 1918, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France
CWGC Additional Information: No additional information
Place of Association: Bundaberg QLD
Remembered: Panel 188, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
A regrettable incident occurred on the evening of the 15th June, which resulted in the deaths of Second Lieutenant S. Jones and his observer, Second Lieutenant A. Loram. These officers had just left the Squadron aerodrome to carry out an artillery reconnaissance when they appeared to get into difficulties and their aircraft (1) nose-dived into the village of Flesselles, where it caught fire and was totally destroyed.
(1) RE8 aircraft A3817
Extract from Wrigley, H.N. (Henry Neilsen) (6) The Battle Below: Being the history of No. 3 Squadron AFC, Errol G. Knox Sydney NSW, 1935 – Page 76
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record B2455, JONES S
National Archives UK RAF Casualty Book AIR 1/969 page 359, 152745
Bibliography:
Muller, P. (Peter) and Hutchinson, J. (John) Secrets Revealed: a brief history of No. 3 Squadron RAAF, Lutheran Publishing House Adelaide SA 5000, 1991
Wrigley, H.N. (Henry Neilsen) (6) The Battle Below: Being the history of No. 3 Squadron AFC, Errol G. Knox Sydney NSW, 1935