Service Details
Name:
 FRANK
Given Name:
 JOHN ALEXANDER
Initials:
 J A
Service No:
 103145
Rank:
 Pupil Pilot
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School, Baragwanath
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Date of Death:
 1940-08-17
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Date of Birth:
 1917-10-18
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, received in motor car accident
Additional
Information:
Son of Philip F. and Annie Rollo (nee Tees) Frank, of 377 Essenwood Rd., Durban. Born Durban. Educated Kinleigh Private School; D.P.H.S 1926; Durban High School; Natal University College. An articled clerk. Commemorated on Durban High School; St. Thomas' Anglican Church, Musgrave; Natal University College & Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials. His brother also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 C. of E. Sec. Grave 14242.

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