Service Details
Name:
 FRENCH
Given Name:
 JOHN VALENTINE TERENCE
Initials:
 J V T
Service No:
 53338
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 21 Air School
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Date of Death:
 1943-04-21
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #1935, wing broke up in flight, crashed 6 miles north of Wildebeestkuil ALG
Additional
Information:
Son of Captain John French, of Lichtenburg, Transvaal and Cecilia French, of Little Pitts Cottage, Westerham, Kent, England. Husband of Nanette Lillian French, of Saxonwold, Johannesburg. Born Angola. ***CWGC needs to amend memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CREMATION MEMORIAL
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