Service Details
Name:
 THIRION
Given Name:
 JOHANNES NICHOLAAS
Initials:
 J N
Service No:
 581450V
Trade:
 Air Gnr.
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class I
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 25 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-05-04
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, 7 crew (2 RAF), shot down by flak near Zagreb, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk III #HD667
Additional
Information:
Son of Elias Johannes Albertus and Catharina Germina Thirion, of Neilersdrift, Cape Province, South Africa. His brother also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 Serbia & Montenegro
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Cemetery:
 BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 5. A. 3-7.

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