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Lieutenant R A BLACKBURN

Service Number: 72711V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Air Force

23 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 09 January 1945

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY

Mil. Allotment. Coll. Grave 96916B/C.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of George and F E Blackburn; husband of Norma Blackburn, of Cape Town.
  • Personal Inscription AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
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