Service Details
Name:
 VERMEULEN
Given Name:
 MATTHYS ADRIAN
Initials:
 M A
Service No:
 102086
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 21 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-11-20
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Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Martin Maryland Mk I/II #1612, 4 crew, lost 16 miles south of El Adem. Possibly shot down by Hans-Arnold "Fiffi" Stahlschmidt, who was credited with 59 victories
Additional
Information:
Son of Roelof Petrus and Maria Catharina Susanna Vermeulen, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 246.

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