Service Details
Name:
 FROLICH
Given Name:
 GEORGE
Initials:
 G
Service No:
 102774V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-03-06
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Date of Birth:
 1913-05-23
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB504, when German fighter planes shot down his aircraft over the Aegean Sea off Milos
Additional
Information:
Son of Victor Thorbjorn and Sophia Konstance (nee Schram) Frolich, of 269 Nicolson Road, Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Potchefstroom. Educated Berea Road Primary; Durban High School 1927 - 1930; Natal University College - B.Sc. Eng. 1935. His twin brother also died on service. Commemorated on Durban High School; the Natal University College; St. Olav's Lutheran Church, Durban; the Zululand, (Eshowe) & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 281.

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