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Lt Lance Howard Heffron

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Lt Lance Howard Heffron Veteran

Birth
Adelaide, Adelaide City, South Australia, Australia
Death
22 Jul 1942 (aged 27)
Egypt
Burial
El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt Add to Map
Plot
Plot 16. Row F. Grave 18. (XVI. F. 18.)
Memorial ID
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Lieutenant, Australian Army Age: 27. SX11171
Posting on Death: 2/48th Infantry Battalion, he was killed in action in Egypt and is recognised as one of the Rats of Tobruk.

He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Adelaide SA, also his name is located at panel 63 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).

Son of Claude Ray Heffron and Rebecca Maude Heffron, of Goodwood Park, South Australia.
Lieutenant, Australian Army Age: 27. SX11171
Posting on Death: 2/48th Infantry Battalion, he was killed in action in Egypt and is recognised as one of the Rats of Tobruk.

He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Adelaide SA, also his name is located at panel 63 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).

Son of Claude Ray Heffron and Rebecca Maude Heffron, of Goodwood Park, South Australia.

Inscription

"For Honour, Faith and Right He Like a Hero Fell. Mother



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