In Memory Of

RAWLINS, FRANK

Service Details
Age:
 31
Date of Birth:
 1910-12-26
Service No:
 1009
Rank:
 Major
Regiment:
 Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1942-12-19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Lockheed Lodestar 18-08 #248. Crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Kisumu Airport (KIS). The airplane came down in Kavirondo Gulf, Lake Victoria. It appeared that the undercarriage could not be raised after takeoff because of an electrical failure in the under-carriage safety lock circuit. The Lodestar was returning to South Africa from Cairo, Egypt.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 L. 5.
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches (twice)
Citations:
 LG Sup 23 June 1942 pg. 2745, 2nd MID LG Sup 24 June 1943 pg. 2867
Son of Frank and Edith A. Rawlins; husband of Sheila M. Rawlins, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal.