Service Details
Name:
 LEWIS
Given Name:
 GWYNFRYN
Initials:
 G
Service No:
 210127V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 26 Air School
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Date of Death:
 1943-10-19
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3386, 2 crew (1 RAF), flew into rising ground 20 miles north of Potgiersrus during low level cross country exercise
Additional
Information:
Husband of Sybil Joan Rhys-Lewis, of Johannesburg. Born Wales. ***True name Gwynfryn Donald Ffestiniog Glendower Rhys-Lewis
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Limpopo Province
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Cemetery:
 POLOKWANE (OR PIETERSBURG) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Mil. Sec. Grave 7.

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