Service Details
Name:
 WESTLAKE
Given Name:
 VICTOR WILLIAM
Initials:
 V W
Service No:
 329019V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 37 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-08-23
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Date of Birth:
 1923-07-22
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Wellington X #ME956, failed to return from operations after being shot down in the vicinity of Budapest
Additional
Information:
Son of Alfred William James and Mary Westlake, of 55 Jarvis Street, Berea, East London, Cape Province, South Africa. Born East London. A scholar.
Commemoration
Country:
 Hungary
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Cemetery:
 BUDAPEST WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. A. 1.

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