In Memory Of
COLLINS, JOHN OLIVER ROSS
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1916-04-24
Service No:
776207
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
237 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1941-05-17
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
4. D. 9.
Cemetery:
ASMARA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Eritrea
Additional Information
Born Avondale, Salisbury. On St. George's College War Memorial, Harare, Zimbabwe.