Service Details
Name:
 GORDON
Given Name:
 NATHAN LESAR
Initials:
 N L
Service No:
 47640
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 12 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-01-08
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Ju52/3M #668, written off 7 miles NE of Mbeya
Additional
Information:
Son of Isidore and Polly Gordon, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Commemorated on Free Church, Senekal War Memorial. ***Might be middle name LAZAR as per memorial. ***Jewish. ***CWGC has 1 Sqdn. Changed to 12 Sqdn. because everyone he died with was 12 Sqdn. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 Tanzania
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Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 6. B. Coll. grave 1-16.

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