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Met Office adds: Born 1 July 1917 died 27 May 1943. John joined the Meteorological office in late 1939 and was a civilian forecaster in 1941. On 11 June 1942 he was commissioned as a Pilot Officer into the Reserve of Air Force Officers proceeded overseas. The whole of his military service is believed to have been in Kenya and it was while serving with HQ No 246 Wing at Port Reitz that he was admitted to hospital in Mombasa suffering from cerebral malaria, from which he did not recover.