In Memory Of
MAREE, DANIEL WILHELM
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
1915-08-24
Service No:
102199V
Rank:
Major
Adjutant:
2 i/c
Unit:
40 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-07-10
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Harvard hit tall tree during a series of exerccises with HMS Hunter. When after a stall turn, one wing of the aircraft collided with the top of a tall tree and machine crashed into ground.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
V, C, 6.
Cemetery:
ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Decorations:
D F C and bar
Citations:
1st DFC LG Sup 4 December 1942 pg. 5267; Bar to DFC LG Sup 7 July 1944 pg. 3189
Son of Jacobus Petrus Erasmus and Gertruida Susanna Maree, of Bellville. Born Steytlerville, Cape Province. A bank clerk. On Mossel Bay War Memorial, Western Cape
