Service Details
Name:
 NIXON
Given Name:
 JOHN HELLON
Initials:
 J H
Service No:
 542313V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 112 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-20
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Mustang KH467, left on armed recce, exploded in bomb dive attacking trains on line Trieste - Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Additional
Information:
Son of James and Margaret Nixon, of 22, Hawthorn St., Kensington, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Whitehaven, Cumberland, England. An articled clerk to Chartered Accountant. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Serbia & Montenegro
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Cemetery:
 BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 5. D. 4.

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