Service Details
Name:
 BOOTH
Given Name:
 JOHN HAMILTON
Initials:
 J H
Service No:
 103341
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 40 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-26
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Date of Birth:
 1916-08-10
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AN456, shot down by 4 ME109Fs. An Armoured Car Squadron picked him up, but he died en route to hospital. Buried by Free French at Bir Hacheim.
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas and Selina Frances Booth. Born Ermelo. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. A farmer. ***Possibly still buried at Free French Cemetery, at Bir Hacheim, Libya
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 266.

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