Service Details
Name:
 ROLLER
Given Name:
 WILLIAM
Initials:
 W
Service No:
 47237
Rank:
 Air Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 12 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1940-12-05
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Date of Birth:
 1918-06-03
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Junkers #656 was hit by AA fire, near Mega, Italian Somaliland, while on a photographic/observation mission. The starboard engine caught alight and the aircraft force landed in enemy territory, just south of the Abyssinian escarpment
Additional
Information:
Son of Joseph and Helene Roller, of Ladybrand, Orange Free State, South Africa. Born Ladybrand. A mechanic
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 240.

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