Service Details
Name:
 DENEHY
Given Name:
 RODNEY HUGH
Initials:
 R H
Service No:
 103246
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 4 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-11
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Date of Birth:
 1917-11-05
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AM339. Possibly shot down by Gunther Steinhausen, who was credited with 40 victories, near Bir Habex
Additional
Information:
Son of Hugh and Florence Gertrude Denehy, of Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Braamfontein) Cemetery Ash Walls
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 267.

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