Service Details
Name:
 EVANS
Given Name:
 LEWIS NURDEN
Initials:
 L N
Service No:
 103115V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 70 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-20
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Date of Birth:
 1910-12-07
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Wellington IC T2987, shot down and crashed over Benina Aerodrome, Libya
Additional
Information:
Son of James Francis and Alice Maude Mary Evans, of Durban. Husband of Ruth Iris Fraser (nee van Wyk) Evans, of Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Born Durban. An engineer. Commemorated at the Cenotaph, Francis Farewell Square, Durban. Commemorated on the WW2 Memorial, Memorial Tower Building, University of Natal, Glenmore, Durban
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 6. A. 1.

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