Service Details
Name:
 PLAYER
Given Name:
 LEWIS OTTO BEATTY
Initials:
 L O B
Service No:
 102848
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 4 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-12
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AN351, shot down and crashed over Menelao Bay, Libya
Additional
Information:
Son of H. C. and Gertrude Player, of 184 Smal Street, Vryheid, Natal. Husband of Margaret Susan Player, of "Bathurst", Melrose Avenue, Claremont
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 Joint grave 13. G. 12.

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