Service Details
Name:
 PATTERSON
Given Name:
 WILLEM DANIEL
Initials:
 W D
Service No:
 P2/8447
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 2 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1951-09-26
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Date of Birth:
 1913-09-01
Age:
 38
Cause of Death:
 Died in Military Vehicle Accident. A/Cpl W.D. Patterson was a member of a detail loading an aircraft at K-10, Chinhae, and was directing a transport vehicle that was reversing towards the aircraft. This vehicle failed to stop, and crushed A/Cpl Patterson against the aircraft's fuselage.
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. I. E. Patterson, of Gardens, Cape Town. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Korea
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Cemetery:
 UNITED NATIONS PUSAN CEMETERY
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