Pilot Officer [Pilot]

Leslie McDonald Rawlings

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Alfred William and Flora McDonald Rawlings, of Ravensbourne, Otago, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Martyn (1999)
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Leslie Rawlings brother is remembered on the adjacent grave, both brothers cremated and their ashes buried together. Raymond died six weeks after Leslie.

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
413474
Name:
Leslie McDonald Rawlings
Rank: 
Pilot Officer
Additional Rank:
Pilot
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 488 Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air accident
Date of Death:
31 August 1943
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
20
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Grave 15969.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
Leslie McDonald Rawlings
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