Service Details
Name:
 CHILDE
Given Name:
 FREDERICK RICHARD CLOETE
Initials:
 F R C
Service No:
 279462V
Trade:
 W.Op./Air Gnr.
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 21 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-07-23
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Date of Birth:
 1923-06-08
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Douglas Boston Mk III #HK873, tyre burst on take off, swung into a stone wall, destroyed at Hal Far
Additional
Information:
Son of Frederick Richard and Dora Childe, of Indwe, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Johannesburg. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown.
Commemoration
Country:
 Malta
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Cemetery:
 MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Prot. Sec. (Men's). Plot F. Coll. grave 36.

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