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Private YACUBE PERA (178) of the R.A.F. Iraq Levies


Circumstances of Death: He died in the Levy Hospital of chronic nephritis (via Jon Heyworth)
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Death of Death 1939-09-27

Served in Levy HQ Habbaniya

Burial/Commemoration Details : Habbaniya Memorial, Iraq (Map)

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London Gazette Mentions

NumberName /Text London Gazette Details
11178H C WILSONLondon Gazette supplement : 35919 , Dated 1943-02-23 , Download #35919
13178Frederick Horace CASHMORELondon Gazette issue : 35028 , Dated 1940-12-31 , Download #35028
13178Frederick Horace CASHMORELondon Gazette issue : 35028 , Dated 1940-12-31 , Download #35028
13178F H CASHMORE O B ELondon Gazette supplement : 37651 , Dated 1946-07-12 , Download #37651
13178F H CASHMORELondon Gazette supplement : 35284 , Dated 1941-09-23 , Download #35284
16178W M C KENNEDYLondon Gazette supplement : 35725 , Dated 1942-09-29 , Download #35725
178151154038 Roy Leslie CROSSLondon Gazette supplement : 36643 , Dated 1944-08-04 , Download #36643
18178Wing Commander Frederick William MOXHAM A F CLondon Gazette supplement : 36183 , Dated 1943-09-21 , Download #36183
18178Reserve of Air ForceOfficers :SquadronLeader Frederick William MOXHA MLondon Gazette supplement : 35686 , Dated 1942-08-28 , Download #35686
18178Frederick William MOXHAMLondon Gazette issue : 35102 , Dated 1941-03-11 , Download #35102
18178T W MOXHAM A F CLondon Gazette supplement : 35725 , Dated 1942-09-29 , Download #35725
18178F W MOXHAMLondon Gazette supplement : 35736 , Dated 1942-10-06 , Download #35736
19178* Wg Cdr H R BARDONLondon Gazette issue : 35366 , Dated 1941-12-02 , Download #35366
21178Ernest Laurence Geoffrey LE DIEULondon Gazette issue : 35187 , Dated 1941-06-10 , Download #35187
23178L C BELLSHAM REVELL L D SLondon Gazette issue : 35855 , Dated 1943-01-05 , Download #35855
24178G F OVERBURYLondon Gazette issue : 35503 , Dated 1942-03-27 , Download #35503
26178Squadron Leader Thomas Norman COSLETTLondon Gazette issue : 35097 , Dated 1941-03-07 , Download #35097
26178Thomas Norman COSLETTLondon Gazette issue : 35102 , Dated 1941-03-11 , Download #35102
26178T N COSLETT O B ELondon Gazette supplement : 36192 , Dated 1943-09-28 , Download #36192
26178T N COSLETT O B ELondon Gazette supplement : 36618 , Dated 1944-07-18 , Download #36618
27178Robert Ingram JOHNSONLondon Gazette issue : 35292 , Dated 1941-09-30 , Download #35292
31178Cecil Stanley Warringham HARTELondon Gazette issue : 35010 , Dated 1940-12-10 , Download #35010
31178Cecil Stanley Worringham HARTELondon Gazette issue : 34727 , Dated 1939-11-07 , Download #34727
31178C S W HARTELondon Gazette supplement : 37700 , Dated 1946-08-23 , Download #37700
31178C S W HARTELondon Gazette supplement : 37240 , Dated 1945-08-24 , Download #37240
31178C S W HARTELondon Gazette supplement : 35383 , Dated 1941-12-16 , Download #35383
31178C S W HARTELondon Gazette supplement : 36554 , Dated 1944-06-06 , Download #36554
32178Flight Lieutenant Christopher Fergus Marlande RAMBAUTLondon Gazette issue : 35273 , Dated 1941-09-12 , Download #35273
33178P W TOWNSEND D S O D F CLondon Gazette supplement : 35383 , Dated 1941-12-16 , Download #35383
33178P W TOWNSEND D S O D F CLondon Gazette issue : 35525 , Dated 1942-04-14 , Download #35525

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1939 Airman's death ,Iraq390927 - UNACCOUNTED AIRMEN - 27 -09-1939 IRAQ YACUBE Pera - Pvt - 178 - RAF Iraq Levies. Habbaniya, Memorial, Iraq. What was the cause of this airman death ? I see from todays(?) posts that ALL 1939 Unaccounted have been solved. Re: Request CROWD SOURCING Help : Update 2200 odd CWGC Records from existing Forum Po 1939 complete! Has his fate now been discovered ? Alex ....Read More.Alex Smart on 30th September 2022 03:28:43
1939 Airman's death ,IraqHe's still there as 'unaccounted' when I checked the database just now. Something I have been pondering on and off for several years is whether he is a duplicate entry from the CWGC [TABLE="class: CWGC"] [TR] [TD]Private[/TD] [TD] [URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=123876"]YACUBE PERA[/URL] (178) [/TD] [TD][URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/index.php?qname=pera&qcntry=&cur=0&qunit=&qnum=&qmem=&qdate=1939-09-27"]1939-09-27[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/index.php?qname=pera&qcntry=Iraq&cur=0&qunit=&qnum=&qmem=&qdate="]Iraq[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/index.php?qname=pera&qcntry=&cur=0&qunit=&qnum=&qmem=HABBANIYA MEMORIAL&qdate="]Habbaniya Memorial[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Private[/TD] [TD] [URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=123877"]YACUBE PERA[/URL] (758) [/TD] [TD][URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/index.php?qname=pera&qcntry=&cur=0&qunit=&qnum=&qmem=&qdate=1940-08-11"]1940-08-11[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/index.php?qname=pera&qcntry=Iraq&cur=0&qunit=&qnum=&qmem=&qdate="]Iraq[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/index.php?qname=pera&qcntry=&cur=0&qunit=&qnum=&qmem=HABBANIYA MEMORIAL&qdate="]Habbaniya Memorial[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] It could just be a coincidence; I doubt I'll ever know! Jeff ....Read More.RecklessRat on 30th September 2022 05:00:52
1939 Airman's death ,Iraq[QUOTE=RecklessRat;177210]He's still there as 'unaccounted' when I checked the database just now. Something I have been pondering on and off for several years is whether he is a duplicate entry from the CWGC [TABLE="class: CWGC"] [TR] [TD]Private[/TD] [TD] [URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=123876"]YACUBE PERA[/URL] (178) [/TD] [TD][URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/index.php?qname=pera&qcntry=&cur=0&qunit=&qnum=&qmem=&qdate=1939-09-27"]1939-09-27[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/index.php?qname=pera&qcntry=Iraq&cur=0&qunit=&qnum=&qmem=&qdate="]Iraq[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/index.php?qname=pera&qcntry=&cur=0&qunit=&qnum=&qmem=HABBANIYA MEMORIAL&qdate="]Habbaniya Memorial[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Private[/TD] [TD] [URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=123877"]YACUBE PERA[/URL] (758) [/TD] [TD][URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/index.php?qname=pera&qcntry=&cur=0&qunit=&qnum=&qmem=&qdate=1940-08-11"]1940-08-11[/URL][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/index.php?qname=pera&qcntry=Iraq&cur=0&qunit=&qnum=&qmem=&qdate="]Iraq[/URL][/TD] [TD][URL="http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/index.php?qname=pera&qcntry=&cur=0&qunit=&qnum=&qmem=HABBANIYA MEMORIAL&qdate="]Habbaniya Memorial[/URL][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] It could just be a coincidence; I doubt I'll ever know! Jeff[/QUOTE] I've thought just that myself. It's a close name and a close number , but I've not found either of them yet despite much effort and I've not found any reference to an Iraq Levy death in 1939 . I have found the entire list of the causes of Iraq Levies after then, buts it only in statistic form, e.g. 1943 5 in shootings, 4 of Tyhoid, 1 drowned etc etc. It's annoying as I worked my nuts off to fully complete 1939 apart from that sole Levy ....Read More.jonheyworth on 30th September 2022 07:30:00
390927 - Unaccounted Airmen - 27-09-1939Yacube Pera 178 , attached to RAF Levy HQ at Habbaniya, died in the Levy Hospital of chronic nephritis Did he take some finding ! ....Read More.jonheyworth on 20th October 2022 10:53:34
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