Service Details
Name:
 TALENT
Given Name:
 GEORGE FRANK
Initials:
 G F
Service No:
 80071
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 208 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-07-17
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Lysander L4724
Additional
Information:
Son of Frank and Ebie Blossom Talent, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Born Bulawayo. Entered Milner House in 1937. After leaving Plumtree in 1930 he entered the employ of the Goldfields Company. Just prior to the outbreak of war, he was on the asbestos mines, Shabani. He joined up with the Rhodesian Air Force at Salisbury, there-after proceeding to the Middle East, and he was present at the fighting in Iraq. School Record : Lance-corporal in Cadets, 1938; Rugger 2nd XV, lfJ30; Under 16 High Jump Record, 1929; Dramatics, "Thomas " in "The Admirable Crichton," 1928. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Israel
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Cemetery:
 GAZA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 A. D. 13.

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