JONES, Brian Richard Alan
| Service Number: | 55780 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1968, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Special Air Service Squadron |
| Born: | Birmingham, England, 18 April 1948 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Perth Modern School, Western Australia, 1963-65 |
| Occupation: | Bank clerk |
| Died: | Gunshot wound, South Vietnam, 10 April 1971, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Alice Springs Memorial Cemetery, Northern Territory |
| Memorials: | "The Rock", SASR Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Officer Cadet School Portsea Memorial, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Subiaco Perth Modern School Post WW2 Conflicts Honour Board |
Vietnam War Service
| 5 Jul 1968: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 55780, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 14 Jun 1969: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Second Lieutenant, Army Training Units | |
| 18 Feb 1971: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Second Lieutenant, 55780, 2nd Special Air Service Squadron | |
| 18 Feb 1971: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Deane Pye
Brian Jones enlisted in the Army on 5 July 1968 and was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Australian Infantry on 14 June 1969, from the Officer Cadet School Portsea.
Posted to SASR on 23 June 1969 he underwent SAS selection in July 1969.
Brian died on 10 April 1971 when he was accidentally shot during a 20-man force element search and destroy operation in South Vietnam. Brian was participating in a forward two-man reconnaissance when he patrolled back into the defensive position of his own Patrol.
Brian’s next-of-kin at the time of his death was his wife. He was the father of a son.
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