Service Details
Name:
 COLLINS
Given Name:
 JOHN OLIVER ROSS
Initials:
 J O R
Service No:
 776207
Trade:
 Obs.
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 237 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-05-17
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Date of Birth:
 1916-04-24
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lysander II P9189, aircraft hit by enemy anti aircraft fire over Tosselli Fort, Eritrea, two days after the Battle of Amba Alagi against Italian forces ended
Additional
Information:
Born Avondale, Salisbury. On St. George's College War Memorial, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Commemoration
Country:
 Eritrea
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Cemetery:
 ASMARA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 4. D. 9.

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