Service Details
Name:
HECKROODT
Given Name:
WILLIAM BENJAMIN
Initials:
W B
Service No:
P1/42266
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
South African Air Force
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Unit:
4 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
1954-03-13
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Date of Birth:
1931-07-22
Age:
22
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, AT-6 Harvard #7635, struck ground during low flying and crashed near Bronkhorstspruit, on the Groblersdaal Road
Additional
Information:
ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
South Africa
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Locality:
Gauteng
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Cemetery:
PRETORIA (REBECCA STREET) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
Afrikaans "D" Sec. Grave 29679

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