Service Details
Name:
 NICOL
Given Name:
 BURTON HAIG
Initials:
 B H
Service No:
 103876V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 40 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-05-25
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Date of Birth:
 1918-12-12
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Hawker Hurricane I Z4033, aircraft failed to return from a reconnaissance flight over Tmimi, Libya
Additional
Information:
Son of Dr. Burton Alexander Nicol M.D. and Josephine Auguste (nee Henkel) Nicol. Born Durban. A civil engineer.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 267.

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