Service Details
Name:
 STURGESS
Given Name:
 ALFRED
Initials:
 A
Service No:
 P/6396V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Date of Death:
 1944-10-25
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Date of Birth:
 1915-06-04
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, AT-6 Harvard #7271, failed recover from spin lost control in cloud and crashed at Du Plessis Drift 6 miles west of Queenstown
Additional
Information:
Son of John P. Sturgess and Maria Sturgess, of West Clocolan; husband of Laura Sturgess, of Johannesburg.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 CLOCOLAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 15.

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