Service Details
Name:
 DU PREEZ
Given Name:
 PIETER GYSBERT STEYN
Initials:
 P G S
Service No:
 109385
Rank:
 Pupil Pilot
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 27 Air School
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Date of Death:
 1943-01-01
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Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Miles M.19 Master Mk II/III #2645, low flying at night and misjudged height, at Theunissen, Bloemfontein
Additional
Information:
Son of James and Margaretha Elizabeth Helena de Preez. Husband of Jannet du Preez, of Pretoria. Born Heidelburg. A salesman. ***Have war diary extract
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Free State
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Cemetery:
 BLOEMFONTEIN (MEMORIAM RAILWAY) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Plot B. Row 1. Grave 67.

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