Service Details
Name:
 GEDDES
Given Name:
 DAVID
Initials:
 D
Service No:
 102399
Trade:
 Obs.
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-08-02
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Age:
 36
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Douglas Boston Mk III #AL696, overshot on landing and hit Wellington DV644, Abu Suier, destroyed by fire
Additional
Information:
Son of David and Margaret Geddes, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa; husband of Isabella Geddes, of Johannesburg.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 TEL EL KEBIR WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 1. L. 10.

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