Service Details
Name:
 DUNKERLEY
Given Name:
 REX KENWORTHY
Initials:
 R K
Service No:
 102813V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 40 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-11
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Date of Birth:
 1910-05-01
Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, received 6 June, Spitfire, landed in late evening at Nettuno on return from last operation of his tour when a Thunderbolt landed on top of him
Decorations:
 Air Force Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 AFC LG Sup 1 January 1944 pg. 59, MID LG Sup 1 January 1945 pg. 104
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas and Alice Dunkerley; husband of Thelma T. Dunkerley, of 54, Fourth Street, Northmead, Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
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Grave Reference:
 XI. C. 3.

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