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Robert Douglas Lewis

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Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Robert Stonhewer Lewis and Alice Williams Lewis, of Auckland City, New Zealand.

References:
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"An organised bathing party from the squadron found a metal float on the beach and loaded it on to the truck taking them back to base. The "float"  later identified as a German explosive mine sweep cutter, detonated as the vehicle entered camp. Five airmen died and are buried in the communal grave."

 [ For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.1 p. 214]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
47580
Name:
Robert Douglas Lewis
Rank: 
Pilot Officer
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Robert Stonhewer Lewis (father), Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal Air Force, 203 Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Accidental death
Date of Death:
22 June 1942
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
25
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
El Alamein War Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
Coll. grave XXIV. E. 1-2.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
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