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Name	John Margrave Lerew
Born	20 August, 1912 Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
Died	24 February, 1996 (aged 83) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cause of Death	cancer (pancreatic)
Education *	Middle Park Central School (Melbourne) (student, 1918-1925) Scotch College (Melbourne) (student, 1926-1930) University of Melbourne (engineering) (student, 1931-1935)
Occupation or Descriptor *	air force officer (1935-1946) Federal, Australia aviation consultant (1946-1972) Overseas
Military Service *	World War II (air force officer) Battle of Rabaul, 1942 (air force officer) no 24 Squadron (commanding officer, 1941-1942) no 7 Squadron (commanding officer, 1942-1942)
Awards	Distinguished Flying Cross (recipient, 1942)

* Dates are approximate