Service Details
Name:
 ESSERY
Given Name:
 LOUIS VIVIAN
Initials:
 L V
Service No:
 205447V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 34 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-26
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Date of Death 2:
 1944-07-27
Date of Birth:
 1910-04-30
Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG826, 8 crew (3 RAFVR), shot down and crashed into Adriatic Sea while on return flight from the Romano Americana Oil Refinery at Ploesti, Romania
Additional
Information:
Son of Arthur and Annie Essery. Husband of Vera Maud Essery, of 78 North Street, Townsview, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Zinkwazi, Natal. A garage proprietor. His brother also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
 Malta
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Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 17, Column 1.

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