Service Details
Name:
THORNHILL-COOK
Given Name:
ERIC JOHN
Initials:
E J
Service No:
103589V
Rank:
Lieutenant
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Regiment:
South African Air Force
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Unit:
24 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn
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Date of Death:
1944-03-04
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Age:
25
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB480, hit by flak at Suda and ditched
Additional
Information:
Son of Howard and Beatrice Gwendolyn Thornhill-Cook, of King William's Town, Cape Province, South Africa. An Attorney-at-Law. His brother also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
Egypt
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Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
Column 283.

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