Service Details
Name:
 ROETZ
Given Name:
 GERT DIEDRIK
Initials:
 G D
Service No:
 35548V
Trade:
 Nav.
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 27 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-17
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Warwick SAAF 741, spun into ground during fighter affiliation near Gianaclis
Additional
Information:
Son of Abram Jacobus and Rachel Maria Susanna Elizabeth Roetz, of Klippoort, P.O. Rankin's Pass, District Nylstroom. Husband of Elsie Sophia Elizabeth (nee Pretorious) Roetz, of Brakpan, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Kareehoek, Waterberg.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 O. 177.

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