Service Details
Name:
 VINE
Given Name:
 WILFRED JEFFREY
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 102482
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 268 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-08-17
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Tomahawk IIB AK350, escort duty, engaged by enemy aircraft near El Daba, Egypt
Additional
Information:
Son of Arthur James Orlando and Janet Gray Vine, of Illovo Beach, South Coast. Born Johannesburg. A clerk.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XIX. H. 8.

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