Service Details
Name:
 NAPIER
Given Name:
 ARCHIE HENRY NORMAN
Initials:
 A H N
Service No:
 P1/25761
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 1 Air Depot
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Date of Death:
 1949-08-15
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Date of Birth:
 1921-12-24
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #6526, crashed just after takeoff in the veld near the 8 Mile Post on the Johannesburg - Pretoria Road
Additional
Information:
Son of Maurice Alfred Percy and Elizabeth Catherina Napier (nee van Niekerk), of Fairhaven, Haldane Road, Rondebosch, Cape Province. Born Laingsburg. ***Headstone had fallen over, reseated. Grave site very sandy and overrun, this section of the cemetery no longer being maintained.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 CAPE TOWN (PLUMSTEAD) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 UJ. 90.

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