Service Details
Name:
 THERON
Given Name:
 FREDERICK
Initials:
 F
Service No:
 105925
Rank:
 Colonel
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Regiment:
 South African Artillery
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Date of Death:
 1942-12-19
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Lockheed Lodestar 18-08 #248. Crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Kisumu Airport (KIS). The airplane came down in Kavirondo Gulf, Lake Victoria. It appeared that the undercarriage could not be raised after takeoff because of an electrical failure in the under-carriage safety lock circuit. The Lodestar was returning to South Africa from Cairo, Egypt.
Decorations:
 D S O, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 DSO LG Sup 31 December 1942 - "For gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East"
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles P. Theron and Georgina C. Theron, of Pretoria. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 L. 2.

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