Service Details
Name:
 BRITS
Given Name:
 JOHANNES THEODORES
Initials:
 J T
Service No:
 PX50501
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 8 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1964-01-13
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Date of Birth:
 1944-04-06
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, AT-6 Harvard #7049, struck ground in steep dive, while undergoing a test flight after a service, 13 miles NE of Bloemspruit, on the farm Elim
Additional
Information:
Son of Major A. J. Brits, of Pretoria. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 424.

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