Service Details
Name:
 MERRINGTON
Given Name:
 BRIAN
Initials:
 B
Service No:
 206169
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 4 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-03-21
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Date of Birth:
 1922-06-29
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #AK832, flew into sea in glassy calm off Tunisia
Additional
Information:
Son of Claude and Martha Merrington, of Darling, Cape Province, South Africa. Educated Paarl Boys High School.1936 ? 1939. A bank clerk in the Strand Standard Bank. Commemorated on Darling Presbyterian Church wall memorial and on the Blockhouse Monument War Memorial, Darling Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 Tunisia
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Cemetery:
 SFAX WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VI. D. 22.

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