Service Details
Name:
 THOMAS
Given Name:
 JOHN DESMOND KAY
Initials:
 J D K
Service No:
 P/102823
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 451 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-11-12
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Date of Birth:
 1918-12-01
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, aircraft failed to return from operational flight, Hurricane Z4192, after a photographic survey of the enemy positions
Additional
Information:
Son of Claud William and the late Elizabeth Anne Thomas. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. At College Sept. 1931-Dec. 1935. Form IV-VI. J.C. 2 '32. Mat. 1.'35; R.U.C. ***85 years of SAAF - has him as 40 Sqdn.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 246.

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