Service Details
Name:
 REITZ
Given Name:
 CLAUDE MICHAEL DENEYS
Initials:
 C M D
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 4 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1952-09-01
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Date of Birth:
 1923-03-02
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, AT-6 Harvard #7120, collided in mid-air and collided with #7033 and crashed near Barberton
Additional
Information:
Son of Colonel Deneys and Leila Agnes Reitz. Born Muizenberg. An attorney. ref. 85 years of SAAF ***Headstone plaque reads 3 September 1952, but death cert states 1 September 1952.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Mpumalanga
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Cemetery:
 MARIEPSKOP, GLENLYDEN FARM, DENEYS REITZ MEMORIAL
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