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Leading Aircraftman RONALD GEOFFREY (RON) ABSALOM

Service Number: 1322171
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 17 January 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORT ALFRED (SETTLERS') CEMETERY

Grave 133.

South Africa

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Absalom and Sarah Annie Absalom, of Thornton Heath, Surrey, England.
  • Personal Inscription TO OUR DEAR SON RON, LOVINGLY REMEMBERED ALWAYS
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Buried or commemorated at

PORT ALFRED (SETTLERS') CEMETERY
Eastern Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 7
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