Service Details
Name:
 TENNANT
Given Name:
 RITCHIE
Initials:
 R
Service No:
 102745
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-03-23
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Date of Birth:
 1913-09-11
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Douglas Boston Mk III AL800, shot down over Mertuba East by German flak
Additional
Information:
Son of Sydney Dennison and Margaret Grace (Daisy) Tennant, of Ermelo, Transvaal, South Africa. Husband of Winifred B. Tennant, of Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa. Born Ermelo. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. His brother also died in service.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 6. A. 11.

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