Service Details
Name:
 RHODES
Given Name:
 WILLIAM RUPERT
Initials:
 W R
Service No:
 P/102714V
Rank:
 Major
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-19
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, collided with Marauder III HD407 (which returned safely to base), over Kufur Nigm, Egypt, and crashed into the Great Bitter Lake
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 20 June 1944 pg. 2930 - "For gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations"
Additional
Information:
Son of George Robert and Ann Irene Mary Rhodes, of Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Calvinia, Cape Province. On Grahamstown Cathedral Parish Church memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 FAYID WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 2. G. 10.

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