Son of Mr. Lawson, of Johannesburg. WW1 Fighter ace, credited with 6 victories. ref. 85 years of SAAF.
LG 8 February 1919 DFC to Lt Lawson belongs here. Sequential smear onto PN 31250-31289 cleared. SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 69360642PE cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "LAWRIE, GEOFFREY ALLAN" (L CPL, Sterf 01 01 77), matching PersonNumber 31248 (Lawrie, DateDeath 1977-01-01) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "69360642PE". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Air Force".
LG 8 February 1919 - "A pilot of courage and skill, bold in attack and gallant in action, who has accounted for five enemy aeroplanes. On 27th September he attacked fifteen Fokker biplanes that were harassing one of our bombing formations, driving down one in flames. He then engaged a second; in the combat the two machines collided, and the enemy aeroplane fell down completely out of control. Although his machine was badly damaged, Lieutenant Lawson successfully regained our lines."
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