Service Details
Name:
VAN DER MERWE
Given Name:
ETIENE 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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Age:
19
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, shot down by flak near LG 17, Martin Baltimore Mk III #AG912
Additional
Information:
Son of Stephanus S. and Magdalena C. van der Merwe, of Moshi, Edenville, Orange Free State, South Africa.
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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