In Memory Of
LANDER, CUTHBERT MONS
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
108159
Rank:
Wing Commander
Unit:
1307 Wing
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1945-03-24
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, led the daily dawn sweep to clear the Meiktila airfield. The ensuing contact with the Japanese resulted in himself and his runner, LAC "Jock" Dakers, being killed by enemy snipers. He had carried the attack so far into the Japanese defended area that it was several days before the bodies could be recovered for burial
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
20. B. 24.
Cemetery:
TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Myanmar
Additional Information
Son of William Richard and Mary Eleanor Lander; husband of Eileen Olive Lander, of Bancroft, Northern Rhodesia.
