Service Details
Name:
 CHEESMAN
Given Name:
 ALEXANDER EDWARD FAIRFIELD
Initials:
 A E F
Service No:
 205751V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 7 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-09-18
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Supermarine Spitfire Mk VC #JG881, shot down by Bf109s over Kos
Additional
Information:
Son of Norman Rudolph and Winifred Marion Jane Cheesman, of Highflats, Natal, South Africa. His brother also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 277.

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