Service Details
Name:
 DE SMIDT
Given Name:
 JOSEPH BENDITEE
Initials:
 J B
Service No:
 281550
Rank:
 Air Mechanic
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 71 Air School
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Youth Training Brigade
Date of Death:
 1942-10-30
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Date of Birth:
 1925-10-09
Age:
 17
Cause of Death:
 Died of cardiac failure, following acute nephritis, at Johannesburg Military Hospital, Cotteslow Section
Additional
Information:
He was the ward of his Grandmother, Mrs C.B. Bosch, of 30, 4th Ave, Northmead, Benoni.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 D.R. Church Sec. Grave 236.

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