Service Details
Name:
 CATHERINE
Given Name:
 LESLIE FITZHERBERT HINTON
Initials:
 L F H
Service No:
 5238V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 16 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-12-26
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Date of Birth:
 1917-01-03
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Bristol Beaufighter #NE528, engine caught fire, ditched 5 miles off Biferno
Additional
Information:
Son of Herbert Hinton and Jessie Margaret Louise Catherine, of Pietermaritzburg. Husband of Valerie (nee Linscott) Catherine, of Veekraal, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Pondoland, Cape Province. Educated at Hilton College, Natal. A bank clerk.
Commemoration
Country:
 Malta
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Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 17, Column 1.

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