Service Details
Name:
 THERON
Given Name:
 THOMAS ROSS
Initials:
 T R
Service No:
 102605
Rank:
 Colonel
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 72 Operational Training Unit RAF
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-01
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Date of Birth:
 1910-12-18
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Blenheim I L8391, crashed flying solo, while taking off for night flying
Decorations:
 Air Force Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 AFC LG Sup 31 March 1942 - "On advice of Prime Minister of Union of South Africa"
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Theron; husband of Margaret A. Theron, of Pretoria, Transvaal South Africa. B.Sc.
Commemoration
Country:
 Kenya
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Cemetery:
 NANYUKI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 1. 24.

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