Service Details
Name:
 RAWLINS
Given Name:
 FRANK
Initials:
 F
Service No:
 1009
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1942-12-19
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Date of Birth:
 1910-12-26
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Lockheed Lodestar 18-08 #248. Crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Kisumu Airport (KIS). The airplane came down in Kavirondo Gulf, Lake Victoria. It appeared that the undercarriage could not be raised after takeoff because of an electrical failure in the under-carriage safety lock circuit. The Lodestar was returning to South Africa from Cairo, Egypt.
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches (twice)
Citations:
 LG Sup 23 June 1942 pg. 2745, 2nd MID LG Sup 24 June 1943 pg. 2867
Additional
Information:
Son of Frank and Edith A. Rawlins; husband of Sheila M. Rawlins, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 L. 5.

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