Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Flying Officer R. J. Sexton, D.F.C., Royal Australian Air Force

Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Australia Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘414430 R. J. Sexton’, with named R.A.A.F. Medal Section enclosure, extremely fine (3) £140-£180

D.F.C. London Gazette 6 June 1944.
The official citation states: ‘Pilot Officer Sexton has completed many operational sorties against the enemy in which he has displayed high skill, fortitude, and devotion to duty.’

Robert John Sexton was born in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, on 25 February 1922 and enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force at Brisbane on 14 September 1941. He served during the Second World War in an operational role with 101 Squadron from 6 July 1943 to 27 October 1943, and then with 7 Squadron from 28 October 1943 to 31 March 1944, being commissioned Pilot Officer on 22 February 1944, and being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Promoted Flying Officer on 22 August 1944, he was slightly injured in an aircraft accident in England on 9 February 1945. He embarked for Australia on 20 April 1945, and transferred to the Reserve on 4 September 1945.

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