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Kirkpatrick Family History
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 1917 - 1980 (62 years)
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| Name |
Leslie Douglas JACKSON |
| Suffix |
,Squadron Leader,No.75 Squadron,RAAF,D.F.C. |
| Born |
24 Feb 1917 |
Newmarket, Queensland, Australia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
17 Feb 1980 |
Southport, Queensland , Australia |
| Person ID |
I23586 |
Kirkpatrick Family |
| Last Modified |
14 Dec 2021 |
| Father |
William James JACKSON, d. 1935, Queensland, Australia |
| Mother |
Edith Annie GRAYSON, b. 1884, Queensland, Australia , d. 1955, Queensland, Australia (Age 71 years) |
| Married |
1 Apr 1907 |
Queensland, Australia |
| Family ID |
F4896 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Cynthia Mary COBB, ,Nee Molle., b. 1920, d. 1974 (Age 54 years) |
| Married |
25 Jan 1947 |
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Southport, Queensland, Australia |
- Cynthia was a widow when she married Leslie.They had three sons
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| Last Modified |
5 Apr 2013 |
| Family ID |
F4897 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- On leaving school, Leslie worked briefly in the family business, J. Jackson & Co. Pty Ltd, before purchasing a garage and service station at Surat. He, too, became a pilot. Enlisting in the R.A.A.F. on 6 November 1939, he was commissioned in February 1940 and served with units in Darwin, Singapore and Brisbane. On 28 March 1942 he joined No.75 Squadron. In the defence of Port Moresby he was credited with destroying four enemy fighters and damaging two bombers. Leslie succeeded his brother in command on 29 April. In the battle of Milne Bay (August-September) the Kittyhawks of No.75 and No.76 squadrons played a decisive part in defeating a Japanese invasion force that had been sent with inadequate air support. Jackson accounted for one enemy fighter and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
After leaving the squadron in January 1943, he held staff appointments in Australia. Between December 1943 and November 1944 he led No.78 Wing (as acting wing commander from September 1944) in operations in New Guinea, New Britain and the Netherlands New Guinea. He was awarded a Bar to his D.F.C. for 'determined and successful attacks on enemy installations and shipping'. Having performed instructional duties in New South Wales, he commanded Air Defence Headquarters, Madang, New Guinea, from June 1945. He was demobilized on 8 February 1946 in Brisbane.
Ref:Australian Dictionary of Biography.
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