AFVOA Newletter August 2020

Section 4 – War Diary CV 2 No. 02 / 2020 Page 53 of 237 the Cemetery suffered neglect, as a result of which, sadly, it is not possible to locate Flt Lt Pereira's grave today, even though the grave and the head-stones were solid marble, there was no trace of his grave. Last year, at the request of a senior Veteran friend of Wg Cdr Ravi Mani, Lt Gen Dilip N. Desai, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (18 CAV), the GOC of 1 Armd Div sent across a search party to Jullunder to find Flt Lt Pereira's grave. Sadly, the entire cemetery is in a shambles, and most of the grave stones and slabs are nowhere to be seen. The last resting place of a war hero is no longer known. The grave of L F Pereira. Today there is no trace of the grave. All efforts to locate it failed. Acknowledgements and Sources • "The Saga of Laurie" by J K Dutt - AFA West Bengal and Bihar Newsletter • Wg Cdr Ravi Mani (Retd) for providing the material for this page • Mrs Isabelle Pereira for the photographs and permission. • " Sukhoi-7 in Operation Cactus Lily " - Air Marshal N Menon