Service Details
Name:
 NELSON
Given Name:
 DOUGLAS ALISTAIR
Initials:
 D A
Service No:
 33308
Rank:
 Pupil Pilot
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 Air School
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Date of Death:
 1941-11-30
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Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Miles M.19 Master Mk II/III #2621 in air collision with #2617 Apex Mine Brakpan
Additional
Information:
Son of Thornwald Douglas and Mary Loveday Nelson, of Johannesburg. His brother also died in service.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 C. of E. Sec. Grave 13267/13268A.

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