Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 DESMOND
Initials:
 D
Service No:
 207352V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn
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Date of Death:
 1944-03-04
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Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB480, hit by flak at Suda and ditched
Additional
Information:
Son of Stephen W. and Helene M. Smith, of Griquatown, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 283.

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