Service Details
Name:
 CHAPLIN
Given Name:
 RALPH ERNEST
Initials:
 R E
Service No:
 90481V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 4 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-05-17
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Date of Birth:
 1922-07-22
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX #MJ948, shot down by flak from ship, Ancona
Additional
Information:
Son of Ernest Aldrich and Helen Agnes Chaplin, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban. Educated at Hilton College, Natal. A scholar at Howard College
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. A. 6.

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