Service Details
Name:
VAN RY
Given Name:
GEORGE ARTHUR
Initials:
G A
Service No:
P1/9018
Rank:
Pupil Pilot
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Regiment:
South African Air Force
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Date of Death:
1938-10-05
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Date of Birth:
1914-07-07
Age:
24
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Avro 621 Tutor #728, collided with Tiger Moth ZS-AKS near Voortrekkerhoogte
Additional
Information:
Son of Frederick and Anna Magaretha van Rij, of Parkview, Johannesburg. Born Johannesburg. A civil servant. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
South Africa
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Locality:
Gauteng
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Cemetery:
JOHANNESBURG (BRAAMFONTEIN) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
D.R. 24169.

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