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Second Lieutenant CHARLES CORNACK GORDON

Service Number: 47930
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Air Force

24 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 14 June 1941

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

5. G. 6.

Libya

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  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of C. C. Gordon and Mary A. Gordon of Randfontein, Transvaal, South Africa. His brother, Ian H. M. Gordon, also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE FREEDOM OF HIS FELLOW-BEINGS
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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