Service Details
Name:
 VAN SCHALKWYK
Given Name:
 SCHALK
Initials:
 S
Service No:
 102612V
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1940-11-06
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Gloster Gladiator II N5855, shot down by 8 CR42s
Additional
Information:
Son of Ockert Gerbrand and Maria Johanna Gertruida van Schalkwyk, of Cape Town, South Africa. Born Sutherland.
Commemoration
Country:
 Eritrea
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Cemetery:
 KEREN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 5. F. 4.

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