Identity
Person No.
5804
Service No.
47248
Last Name
First Name
John William
Initials
J W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, shot down, in Fairey Battle Mk I #926. Managed to bale out. He was taken prisoner and an Italian officer ordered a native NCO to escort him to headquarters. On the way Dixon apparently boasted of having taking part in recent raids on Mogadishu, where a lot of locals had been killed. His guard of locally recruited colonial troops at once sentenced him to death and shot him
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
No additional information known at this time
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project