Identity
Person No.
6589
Service No.
742693
Last Name
First Name
Richard Leonard Ashburton
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R L A
Date of Birth
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Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, in Hampden X3054, returning from mine laying, crashed on high ground on Hamel Down Tor, Dartmoor, probably ground or obstacle contact. An inscribed stone marks the spot
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Son of Leonard Erasmus Ellis and of Evelyn le Hunte Ellis (nee Barnes), of Kloof, Natal, South Africa. Represented Malvern for the Ashburton Shield at Bisley, and in the Public Schools Athletics (Hurdles) at the White City.
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