Service Details
Name:
 COUSINS
Given Name:
 CECIL LAWRENCE
Initials:
 C L
Service No:
 102739V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 12 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-01-17
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Date of Birth:
 1912-12-20
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Douglas Boston Mk III #Z2275, tyre burst on take-off, swung, collided with AL713 on ground, blew up at Gzina
Additional
Information:
Son of William Leopold and Florence Maude (nee Ridout) Cousins; husband of Doreen Margaretta Cousins, of Green Point, Cape Town, South Africa. Born Johannesburg. An accountant for Shell Oil Company
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 277.

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