In Memory Of

ROBERTSON, JOHN CHARLES

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 1912-07-12
Service No:
 778824
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 20 Service Flying Training School
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-04-04
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Harvard II AJ715, aircraft accident near Pendennis, Rhodesia
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Eur. War Graves Plot. Grave 59.
Cemetery:
 HARARE (PIONEER) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Harare (Salisbury)
Country:
 Zimbabwe
Additional Information
Son of James and Elizabeth Anne Robertson, of Salisbury, Zimbabwe. B.A., Forestry. Entered Gaul House in April 1922. After leaving Plumtree he went to George Watson's College, Edinburgh. He graduated B.Sc. at Edinburgh University. Returning to Rhodesia in 1934, he joined the Imperial Tobacco Company. In 1935 he was the Salisbury golf champion. He joined the R.A.F. in August 1941, and had just qualified for his wings. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour