In Memory Of
OATES, LEONARD JOHN
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
209155V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
1 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1943-11-28
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, shot down by Fw190 over Sangro area, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII #JF346
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
XIII. A. 13.
Cemetery:
MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Hedley Gilbert and Pearl Beatrice Oates, of Lower Houghton, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
