Service Details
Name:
 WHITE
Given Name:
 WILLIAM ALBERT
Initials:
 W A
Service No:
 282802
Rank:
 Air Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 23 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-06-19
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Date of Birth:
 1925-07-28
Age:
 17
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Lockheed B-34 Ventura II #6059, ditched in sea after engines cut, off the coast of South Africa
Additional
Information:
Son of William E. and Emma M. White, of Woodstock, Cape Province, South Africa. ***Have war diary extract
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 278.

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