Service Details
Name:
 DILLON
Given Name:
 LAWRENCE PATRICK
Initials:
 L P
Service No:
 103085V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 60 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-12-07
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, De Havilland DH98 Mosquito #LR474, swung on take off hit B-17 El Aouina
Additional
Information:
Son of George Lawrence Aloysius and Minnie Evelyn Dillon, of Durban. Born Stanger, Natal. Commemorated on Durban Cenotaph. Commemorated on Pirates Surf Lifesaving Club, Battey Beach, Durban. Commemorated on St. Henry?s Marist College, Durban. Commemorated on St. Charles Marist College, Pietermaritzburg. Commemorated on SAAF Swartkops, Pretoria (panel 9) WWII Memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 Tunisia
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Cemetery:
 MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 13. A. 10.

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