Service Details
Name:
 PATTERSON
Given Name:
 DESMOND
Initials:
 D
Service No:
 328980V
Trade:
 Obs.
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 12 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-08-31
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #HD589, blew up on bombing run, raid on Gothic Line
Additional
Information:
Son of Frederick and Ethel Maud Patterson, of Fish Hoek, Cape Province, South Africa. Member of the Fish Hoek Cricket Club.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 MONTECCHIO WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave IV. A. 14-15.
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