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Ordinary Seaman LESLIE RAWSON

Service Number: C/JX 260599
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Dunnottar Castle

Date of Death

Died 11 January 1942

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SIMON'S TOWN (DIDO VALLEY) CEMETERY

Naval Allotment Row D. Grave 09.

South Africa

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Leonard and Mary A Rawson; husband of Charlotte Rawson, of Rochdale, Lancashire, England.
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Buried or commemorated at

SIMON'S TOWN (DIDO VALLEY) CEMETERY
Western Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 185
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