Service Details
Name:
 SMOOK
Given Name:
 WILLIAM THOMAS
Initials:
 W T
Service No:
 313316V
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-07-05
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Douglas Boston Mk III #AL762, crashed in sea 6 miles off Cape Carthage after take-off for Sciacca
Additional
Information:
Son of Pieter Johannes Osborne and Josephine Smook, of Nigel, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Klerksdorp.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 278.

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