Service Details
Name:
 WEITZ
Given Name:
 MARIUS FRANS
Initials:
 M F
Service No:
 205765V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 134 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-10-09
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hurricane IIB Z5327
Additional
Information:
Son of Johan Karl and Francina Maria Fenner (nee van Niekerk) Weitz, of Walmer, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Walmer, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. Educated Muir College, Uitenhage. Commemorated on the Muir College, Uitenhage & the Walmer, PE WWII Memorials. His brother also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 6. A. 32.

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