Identity
Person No.
16723
Service No.
67724
Last Name
First Name
Laurence Victor
Initials
L V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action. DORSETSHIRE and her sister ship Cornwall were detached from the Fleet when they were sighted by Japanese aircraft. A little later they were overwhelmed by approximately 50 dive-bombers whose accurate attack sank both ships quickly; 190 of Cornwall's crew of 650 were lost
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Notes
Son of Arthur B. and Jessie W. Milne, of Walmer, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa.
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