Service Details
Name:
 BARNBY
Given Name:
 MILES
Initials:
 M
Service No:
 102735V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant Colonel
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 12 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-13
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Date of Birth:
 1915-06-15
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, lost nose when FB437 blew up crashed West of Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB487
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 26 February 1941 pg. 5596 - "For gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations"
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry Anderson and Helen D. Barnby, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. A well-known Natal rugby player. His brother in law Dallas Dymock Brett also died in service. Commemoration stone in Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 AREZZO WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave IV. A. 14-24.

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