Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 DIRK JACOBUS JOHANNES
Initials:
 D J J
Service No:
 577290V
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class I
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 26 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-12-18
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Vickers Wellington Mk XI #HZ526, missing at sea, off Takoradi, West Africa
Additional
Information:
Son of Jacobus H. and Hester J. Smith, of Windhoek, South West Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Malta
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Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 12, Column 2.

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