Service Details
Name:
 CURRIE
Given Name:
 WALTER HERBERT
Initials:
 W H
Service No:
 542531V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 26 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-01-17
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Date of Birth:
 1923-05-03
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Vickers Wellington Mk XI #HZ709, took off from Ikeja for Kano on a photo-reconnaissance operation but failed to arrive. The wreck was found 6.5 kms from Ipapa; all 9 (4 crew, 5 passengers) on board died
Additional
Information:
Son of Walter J. Currie, and of Nora Annie Currie, of Highlands Rail, Cape Province, South Africa. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. On Grahamstown Cathedral Parish Church memorial.
Commemoration
Country:
 Nigeria
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Cemetery:
 YABA CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Plot 4. Row L. Grave 2.

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