Service Details
Name:
 SEATON
Given Name:
 NEVILLE ST. LEGER
Initials:
 N S L
Service No:
 542404V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 15 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-02-23
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Date of Birth:
 1916-05-04
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, missing Candia, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA471. T/o 0615, LG 07/'Z' LG/Matruh West, Egypt. One of two Baltimores on a long range shipping reconnaissance of Iraklion (Candia) Bay, Crete, Greece. Attacked at 0812 hrs, by five Me 109 fighters off Dhia Island, Crete. This aircraft was last seen heading 040 and flying into low cloud. Failed to return to base, almost certainly shot down by these fighters.
Additional
Information:
Son of William St. Leger and Alice Ann Seaton, of Claremont, Cape Province, South Africa. His brother also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 283.

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