Service Details
Name:
 ROBBINS
Given Name:
 DEREK WILLIAM TYSON
Initials:
 D W T
Service No:
 104029
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-01-12
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Douglas Boston Mk III #Z2178, collided with Z2274 near Bengazi
Additional
Information:
Son of William T. and Daisy C. Robbins, of Umhlali, Natal, South Africa. On Kearsney College Roll of Honour. Educated at Kearsney College and Hilton College, Natal
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 6. A. 23.

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