Service Details
Name:
 BOOYSEN
Given Name:
 GARTH WILLIAM
Initials:
 G W
Service No:
 102265V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 135 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-02-20
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Hurricane HV772, B Flight at Ritz airfield scrambled at 1230 Hrs. 3 aircraft took off. At 15000 feet intercepted 3 fighters and were jumped by 8 more. Lt Booysen is missing.
Additional
Information:
Son of Jesse S. Booysen and A. S. Booysen, of Cape Town, South Africa; husband of Patricia Elizabeth Booysen, of Calcutta, India.
Commemoration
Country:
 Myanmar
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Cemetery:
 TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 10. F. 14.

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