Service Details
Name:
 PENN
Given Name:
 WILLIAM BROUGHTON
Initials:
 W B
Service No:
 78595V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 5 FU
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Former Regiment:
 formerly 3rd Bn. Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1945-04-03
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Hellcat JX769
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry Stephen and Violet Anne Penn, of Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Durban. Employed in Native Time Office, Brakpan Mines
Commemoration
Country:
 Iraq
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Cemetery:
 HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 6. C. 2.

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