Service Details
Name:
 HUBER
Given Name:
 JOSEPH ANDREW
Initials:
 J A
Service No:
 47483
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 60 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-05-08
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Date of Birth:
 1912-09-04
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Martin Maryland #AH366, shot down by Bf109s, 8 miles SSE of LG05
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 1 January 1943 pg. 42
Additional
Information:
Son of Joseph Andrew and Isabel Huber; husband of Hilda K. Huber, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Benoni. Educated at Brakkloof School, Rustenburg. After Bothie apprenticed to Reardon Smith & Co. Engaged in coastal operations in 1940/41. Served in the Middle East as a Photographic Survey Pilot.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 10. F. 4.

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