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Squadron Leader JOHN MAWER STRAWSON

Service Number: 120105
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 16 November 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

4. G. 3.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Lois Elizabeth Strawson, of Marnham, Nottinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription AND NOW ABIDETH FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS CHARITY
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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