Service Details
Name:
 ROBERTSON
Given Name:
 JOHN CHARLES
Initials:
 J C
Service No:
 778824
Trade:
 Pilot U/T
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 20 Service Flying Training School
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-04
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Date of Birth:
 1912-07-12
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Harvard II AJ715, aircraft accident near Pendennis, Rhodesia
Additional
Information:
Son of James and Elizabeth Anne Robertson, of Salisbury, Zimbabwe. B.A., Forestry. Entered Gaul House in April 1922. After leaving Plumtree he went to George Watson's College, Edinburgh. He graduated B.Sc. at Edinburgh University. Returning to Rhodesia in 1934, he joined the Imperial Tobacco Company. In 1935 he was the Salisbury golf champion. He joined the R.A.F. in August 1941, and had just qualified for his wings. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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Locality:
 Harare (Salisbury)
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Cemetery:
 HARARE (PIONEER) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Eur. War Graves Plot. Grave 59.

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