Service Details
Name:
 SAUNDERS
Given Name:
 STEPHEN CHARLES ROBERT
Initials:
 S C R
Service No:
 103552V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 60 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-02
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Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, 2 crew, engine cut on PR mission, flew into ground on approach 2 miles SW of Gioia, in De Havilland DH98 Mosquito #NS532
Additional
Information:
Son of Sir Charles James Renault Saunders, KCMG and Lady Katherine Elinor Saunders, of Imflulazane, Melmoth, Zululand. Husband of Phyllis May (nee Westwick) Saunders, of Springs, Transvaal. Educated at Hilton College, Natal. His brother P E Saunders also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 BARI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VII. D. 25.

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