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Sergeant RHODES WILLIAM HOROBIN

Service Number: 776365
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

237 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 18 March 1941

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY

3. B. 14.

Eritrea

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Frederick and Doris Horobin, of Umtali, Southern Rhodesia.
  • Personal Inscription "... FACING FEARFUL ODDS, FOR THE ASHES OF HIS FATHERS, AND THE TEMPLES OF HIS GODS?"
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Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY
Eritrea
Number of casualties: 440
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