Service Details
Name:
 SLATER
Given Name:
 JOHN EDWARD
Initials:
 J E
Service No:
 12331V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 21 Air School
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Date of Death:
 1943-12-02
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Date of Birth:
 1919-01-30
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3581, 2 crew (1 RAF), caught fire in flight and crashed near Spuitfontein
Additional
Information:
Son of William Carey Hobson and Johanna Georgina Slater, of Glen Nesbitt, P. O. Eliasdale, District Barkly East. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Northern Cape
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Cemetery:
 KIMBERLEY (WEST END) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 EC Sect. Bl. Z. Row U. Grave 10.

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