Service Details
Name:
 VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
 ETIENNE SEBASTIAN
Initials:
 E S
Service No:
 279732
Trade:
 W.Op./Air Gnr.
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 21 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-20
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Date of Birth:
 1923-07-13
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Martin Baltimore Mk III #AG912, shot down by flak near LG 17
Additional
Information:
Son of Stephanus Sebastian and Magdalena Catherina van der Merwe, of Moshi, Edenville, Orange Free State, South Africa. Born Colesberg. A student.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Joint grave XXXIII. B. 24.

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