Service Details
Name:
 MAREE
Given Name:
 DANIEL WILHELM
Initials:
 D W
Service No:
 102199V
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Adjutant:
 2 i/c
Unit:
 40 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-10
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Date of Birth:
 1915-08-24
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Harvard hit tall tree during a series of exerccises with HMS Hunter. When after a stall turn, one wing of the aircraft collided with the top of a tall tree and machine crashed into ground.
Decorations:
 D F C and bar
Citations:
 1st DFC LG Sup 4 December 1942 pg. 5267; Bar to DFC LG Sup 7 July 1944 pg. 3189
Additional
Information:
Son of Jacobus Petrus Erasmus and Gertruida Susanna Maree, of Bellville. Born Steytlerville, Cape Province. A bank clerk. On Mossel Bay War Memorial, Western Cape
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 V, C, 6.

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