Service Details
Name:
 DU PLESSIS
Given Name:
 WILLEM JACOBUS
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 98483
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 15 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-12
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Bristol Belheim V #BA497, shot down by return fire from Ju52, 3 miles over Western Desert
Additional
Information:
Son of Ignatius Sarel and Martha Christina du Plessis, of Colesburg, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 267.

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