Service Details
Name:
 PERKINS
Given Name:
 RUPERT MALLIS
Initials:
 R M
Service No:
 102763V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 26 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-12-02
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Date of Birth:
 1912-08-08
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Vickers Wellington Mk XI #LN384, dived into sea off turn, blew up off Takoradi
Additional
Information:
Son of George Perkins and Norah Niland (nee Tayler) Perkins, of Isipingo Beach, Natal, South Africa. Husband of Daphne Perry (nee van der Merwe) Perkins
Commemoration
Country:
 Ghana
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Cemetery:
 TAKORADI EUROPEAN PUBLIC CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 54.

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