Service Details
Name:
 TRUTER
Given Name:
 PIETER WILLEM HOFMEYR
Initials:
 P W H
Service No:
 P/203585V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 16 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-07-08
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Date of Birth:
 1918-08-04
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Bristol Beaufort #AW287, 4 crew (1 RCAF) missing from convoy patrol, over Gulf of Sirte, Mediterranean
Additional
Information:
Son of Ockert Pieter and Elizabeth Margaretha Truter, of Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 277.

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