Service Details
Name:
 BURDON
Given Name:
 VERNON ROOKE
Initials:
 V R
Service No:
 103815V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 2 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-11-11
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Date of Birth:
 1920-01-11
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Kittyhawk I EV356, shot down by Bf109 15 miles East of Sollum
Additional
Information:
Son of Horace Vivian and Lillian Jane Burdon, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 267.

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