Remembered on the Barnet War Memorial as a later addition. Any further info would be appreciated. Flight Lieutenant ROUND, JOHN ALFRED Service Number 138653 Died 05/06/1945 607 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve D F C RANGOON WAR CEMETERY
RAFCommands have the details. MT909 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database] RAFCommands.com DFC in London Gazette October 1943
John Alfred Round 1922–1945 BIRTH 9 JUN 1922 • Edmonton, Middlesex, England DEATH 5 JUNE 1945 • Rangoon, Burma England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976 Name: John Alfred Round Father's name: H J Round Death Date: Jun 1945 Death Place: Burma Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Name: Flt Lt John Alfred Round Birth Date: 9 Jun 1922 Death Date: 5 Jun 1945 Death Place: Rangoon, Yangon Region, Myanmar Cemetery: Rangoon War Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Rangoon, Yangon Region, Myanmar Has Bio?: N URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem... England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 Name: John A Round Registration Date: 1922 Registration district: Edmonton Inferred County: Essex Re-registration Year: 1922 Mother's Maiden Name: Evans Volume Number: 3a Page Number: 779 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 Name: John Alfred Round Death Date: 5 Jun 1945 Death Place: Hertfordshire, Hertford, England Probate Date: 1 May 1946 Registry: London, England RAFCommands Forums Round- 5-6-45 - Spitfire VIII MT909 (DFC) MT909 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database] RAFCommands.com ac lost in a non operational sortie, possibly dazzled by sun. [ORB]. The early morning sortie bought tragedy. Flt Lt Round had just completed a turn and for some unexplainable reason hit a tree causing the ac to go straight in. This was at QL6645 approx 12 m NE of Rangoon. Ground party did the 5.5 mile treck. Unfortunately Round was found dead in teh ockpit and must have been killed instantaneously. TD
