Service Details
Name:
 COCKCROFT
Given Name:
 VICTOR TREVOR
Initials:
 V T
Service No:
 172783
Rank:
 Pupil Pilot
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 25 Air School
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Date of Death:
 1942-09-08
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Date of Birth:
 1918-10-15
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Miles M.19 Master Mk II/III #2638, air collision with #2716
Additional
Information:
Son of Clement Charles and Ethel Audrey (nee Hiscock) Cockcroft, of Prudhoe, Cape Province. Born Shaw Park, Bathurst District. Educated Graeme College, Grahamstown. His twin brother also died in service. Commemorated on Graeme College; the Clumber Church, Bathurst; the Shaw Park Methodist Church, Bathurst, the Grahamstown & the Peddie WWII Memorials
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Mpumalanga
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Cemetery:
 STANDERTON CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 1377.

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