Service Details
Name:
 NICHOLS
Given Name:
 BRIAN
Initials:
 B
Service No:
 103522
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-24
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Douglas Boston Mk III #Z2237, shot down by fighters attacking ground positions near El Alamein
Additional
Information:
Son of the Rev. Arnold and Marjorie Mary Nichols (stepmother), of Edendale, Pietermaritzburg District. On Kearsney College Roll of Honour. His brother also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XVII. G. 11.

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