Service Details
Name:
 BROWNE
Given Name:
 DERRICK GORDON
Initials:
 D G
Service No:
 542649V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 55 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-08-24
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Date of Death 2:
 1944-08-25
Date of Birth:
 1924-05-12
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Baltimore V FW390, failed to return from an armed recce in the Wilo area of Milan
Additional
Information:
Son of Gerald Eustace and Alfreda Georgina Browne, of Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Johannesburg. His brother also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
 Malta
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Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 17, Column 1.

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