Service Details
Name:
 LIGHT
Given Name:
 ROGER RILEY
Initials:
 R R
Service No:
 1757
Rank:
 Pupil Pilot
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 23 Air School
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Date of Death:
 1941-11-20
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hawker Hind #3003, crashed at Irene, collision with Hind #133
Additional
Information:
Son of W. H. Light and Margaret M. Light, of Abbotsham, Devon, England.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 217.

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