Service Details
Name:
 ABBOTT
Given Name:
 MAURICE ELDON
Initials:
 M E
Service No:
 40167
Rank:
 Squadron Leader
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force (RAFO)
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Unit:
 148 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-01-19
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Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Wellington W5584, aircraft failed to return from an operational flight over Salamis, Greece
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG 4 November 1941 - "For gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations."
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles Eldon Abbott and Bertha Dorothy Abbott, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 247.

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