Service Details
Name:
 MARILLIER
Given Name:
 ROLAND FORD
Initials:
 R F
Service No:
 205546
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 4 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-05-31
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AN360, shot down by Bf109. Possibly shot down by G?nther Steinhausen, who was credited with 40 victories, near Bir Hacheim
Additional
Information:
Son of Henri Edward Faust and Sylvia Irene (nee Franes) Marillier, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Premier Mine. Educated Sunnyside Primary; CBC Pretoria, Mount Edmund. 1st XV Rugby 1936. A clerk with Rand Mines. Served with the Transvaal Horse Artillery pre-war. His brother also died on service. Commemorated on SAAF, Centurion; the Union Buildings, Pretoria & the CBC Old Boys at Seven Hills Moth Shellhole, Pretoria WWII Memorials
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 268.

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