LAWSON, Lyle Anzac
| Service Number: | 414243 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 614 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, 12 December 1915 |
| Home Town: | Dungay, Tweed, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Murwillumbah High School, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Mediterranean Sea, 16 March 1944, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at Sea, Malta Memorial, Malta |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malta Memorial, Floriana, Murwillumbah High School WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Aug 1941: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 414243 | |
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| 17 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 414243 | |
| 17 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 414243 | |
| 6 Dec 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman | |
| 17 Sep 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, (T) | |
| 15 Mar 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer | |
| 17 Mar 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant | |
| 3 Nov 1943: | Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, No. 462 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 1 Mar 1944: | Transferred No. 614 Squadron (RAF) |
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Notification to Next-of-Kin
The official telegram stated that known details were that Flight-Sergeant Lawson was pilot of a Halifax bomber detailed to attack the Sofia marshalling yards, Bulgaria. The plane failed to return, presumably due to enemy action.
P/0 L. A. LAWS0N
PRESUMED DEAD
Miss G. Lawson, of Mount View, Dungay, has received the following advice from the Air Force: "It is with deep regret that we have to inform you that the death of your brother, pilot-Officer Lyle Anzac Lawson, has now been presumed, for official purposes, to have occurred on March 16, 1944. The operation in respect of which your late brother was reported missing took place on the night of March 15-16, 1944, and Overseas Headquarters, RAAF, has presumed that the casualty occurred on March 16, 1944. "The Minister for Air and members of the Air Board desire to extend to you their profound sympathy." Pilot-Officer Lawson's wife is now residing at Tamworth. The late airman was the son of the late Mr and Mrs P. L. Lawson, of Dungay.